Topband: Radial wire

[Herbert Schoenbohm]

Rob, Not barbed wire, but electric fence wire.  This wire stays good for
decades. Look at the horse and cattle farms around you. It has the same
conductivity as your galvanized steel tower.  Nor does anyone consider
making a tower out of copper or copper clad steel.☺ A radial system of 60
1/4 wave of #10 copper cost 50 times what the electric fence wire costs.

Herb, KV4FZ

On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 1:21 PM Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh man, any time this topic comes up anywhere the guys come out with
> all kinds of suggestions for wire that won't last like galvanized
> steel and electric fence wire.  Nix nix nix...if you want a permanent
> ground system go with copper, insulated or not.  Stranded doesn't lie
> down as well; you want soft drawn copper sold.  Stranded wants to
> spring up and stay coiled, especially if it is hard drawn antenna
> wire.  Use that for antennas.   Copper clad steel can be hard to work
> with too unless you have a spool on a radial plow and are laying it
> into a slit a few inches deep with a tractor.
>
> But if the installation only has to last a few months then use the
> barb wire, etc.
>
> 73
> Rob
> K5UJ
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