Topband: Need advice

[Herb Schoenbohm]

> My eight year old NE beverage was forgotten and when trying to repair it I 
> found that most of the wire had disappeared, probably in the long grass 
> below. I just found pieces of it.
> Now the issue, if I put up a new wire/beverage antenna on the same poles, 
> will the old wire lying there affect the antenna?
> Ben SM6CKU
Probably not if the old one is in short pieces and none are over 100 feet 
long.  I presume the wire was insulated.  If that is the case this is even 
better and will not contribute much if anything to the deterioration of the 
new Beverage above.

Herb, KV4FZ