Whoops, wrote the magnetic properties backwards,
300 Series Stainless austenitic non magnetic
400 Series Stainless ferritic magnetic
Thanks to Al, AB2ZY for catching my error.
73 and Happy DXing,
Mike
W2AJI
On May 23, 2012, at 3:23 PM, Spencer wrote:
> On 5/22/2012 8:14 PM, Rick Karlquist wrote:
>
>> A dumb idea. Horse fence wire is stainless steel. It has a much
>> higher DC resistance than copper. The situation is even worse at RF
>> because it is magnetic.
> Maybe so, maybe not. Most SS is non magnetic, but there are variations that
> are.
>
> I think most radio antennas have magnetic fields.
>
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