Topband: Insulating value of treated wood at RF

Ted Demopoulos, KT1V kt1v at demop.com
Mon Oct 4 06:30:45 EDT 2004


I've got an 80m 4-sq where each elements is held up by two 2"x6" pieces of 
treated wood.
Others will no doubt be concerned, as I was originally, but it works FB and 
I'm convinced its no problem.

73
Ted Demopoulos KT1V
Demopoulos Associates, www.demop.com
Aligning Information Technology with Business Objectives.

At 03:25 PM 10/3/2004, Tony Reynolds wrote:
>Hi All,
>Looked in the archives and didn't see anything, which kinda surprised me. 
>I was going to cement in a treated 4x4 post and bolt my 1/4 wave 40mtr 
>vertical to the post and use one bolt as a hinge point to walk it up. I 
>began to wander about the insulating value of the treated wood, wet or 
>dry, at rf. Any info on this, or am I just concerned over nothing?
>
>Thanks,
>Tony
>KB8JVH
>
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