Topband: rx array proximity to barbed wire fence

[Mike(W5UC) & Kathy (K5MWH)]

On 12/11/2012 1:36 PM, Jeff Blaine wrote:
> I am considering installing one of these hi-z or DXE buffered-type receiving 4-square arrays for 160/80.  The best place on the property is on the north west corner - in a location about 400’ from the transmit vertical.  It’s got a clear shot NE to EU and is about 600’ from the nearest house.
>
> However, that NW property corner location has old barbed wire fences that runs along the property line in the corner.
>
> I am curious if anyone has experience with this kind of array near barbed wire fencing.
>
> Thanks!
Hi Jeff:

I currently run what amounts to a two element HI-Z RX array.  My back 
yard has chain link fencing around 3 sides. I elected to put the 
antennas on top of the fence, and it has worked well.  This may be a 
consideration for you.  Each antenna is mounted on a piece of treated 
2X2about a foot above the level of the fence; with the pre-amplifier 
housed in a plastic Folgers coffee can just below the base of the 
antenna.  The array allowed me to work three new ones during, the CQWW 
contest, including D4C, and that completed DXCC on 160 for me.  The 
original installation used metal coffee cans, and subsequently I changed 
that because I had problems keeping the lids on the metal cans.
See http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/w5uc/160%20vertical.html

73,
Mike, W5UC