Kevin,
Like Jim said:
"Like anything making contact with the chemical makeup of soil and local
moisture at any given QTH, materials that work in one location may not
work in another."
I still have the mesh screens rolled up in the garage. They were down
for 8 1/2 years.
Still good shape.
We cant base our decision to try it on what did (or didnt) work in other
locations.
The soil is quite different even in areas in the same locale. In
northern california
it varies quite a bit. A blanket statement that it is only good for a
temporary install
is not realistic everywhere. Your results in Tennessee soil don't
necessarily apply to other areas.
I didnt know how how well my use of the galv mesh would work out. LIke I
said it is
cheap and worth a try.
Bob
K6UJ
On 10/28/16 10:51 AM, Kevin Kidd wrote:
I can't entirely disagree with this but I have worked on enough AM sites
where someone used steel (galvanized or not) in/on the ground and it has
been very short lived. Everything from galvanized guy wire to galvanized
high tensile horse wire to electric fence wire to chicken wire to
UNgalvanized crane cable.
None (as in zero) have been successful even in the mid-term. At least in a
broadcast related term.
For a temporary install. OK. Or if you can keep it off/out of the ground.
OK.
On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 1:28 AM, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
wrote:
Like anything making contact with the chemical makeup of soil and local
moisture at any given QTH, materials that work in one location may not work
in another.
73, Jim K9YC
Kevin C. Kidd, CSRE/AMD
Lawrenceburg, TN
AM Ground Systems Company - WD4RAT
kkidd@kkbc.com -- 866-22-RADIO -- 866-227-2346
www.amgroundsystems.com
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