Topband: Re insulated vs:bare radial wires/Chicke Wire

[Thomas F. Giella NZ4O]

I've always used #12-14 stranded double covered house wire for ground 
radials as it's very durable. It held up well under frost heaving in 
Colorado. I put my first set of radials down using this type of wire for a 
160 meter inverted L in 1989 and the wires are still there!

BTW I have a 574 page e-book published in 1952 called Radio Antenna 
Engineering. It covers LF/MF and HF antennas. I downloaded it for free at 
http://www.lulu.com/content/159004. It says that putting down chicken wire 
type mesh under the vertical is not good due to some sort of RF 
cancellation.

73 & GUD DX,
Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O
Lakeland, FL, USA
nz4o at arrl.net

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