Topband: ALUMINUM

[Hardy Landskov]

Bob,
I had the same experience. I was using bare 75 ohm TV hardline as a matching 
section on my 160 Delta loop and it was partially buried. But after 2 years, 
the outer jacket was almost gone when I had to dig it up. My soil is just 
regular sandy dirt.
So my advice to anyone that wants to bury aluminum cable or wire is make 
sure it is insulated or jacketed.
73 Hardy N7RT
Phoenix


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Kirkeby" <wb0dsf at gmail.com>
To: "Mike Greenway" <K4PI at bellsouth.net>
Cc: "TOPBAND" <TOPBAND at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: ALUMINUM


I have used solid #10 aluminum as radials buried 6" in alkaline soil. It
became badly corroded in 2 years; nearly disintegrated in spots. Not saying
it wouldn't be fine in other soils.
73
Bob
WBØDSF

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Mike Greenway <K4PI at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From some feedback on the aluminum coated steel, I am thinking about
> trying some regular aluminum, 14 gauge.  Anyone got a downside to this?
>  Price, weight, conductivity are good and little if any stretch.  I will
> use aluminum screws and nuts on the end terminations with No Ox.  73 Mike
> K4PI
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