Topband: Aluminum fence wire for Beverage

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I use 2.5 mm heavy galvanized high-tensile steel fencing wire for my three 2-wire Beverages. It is cheap and easy to find. I purchased a 1500 m roll from my rural hardware store.
You can pull it tight with a fence wire strainer, and you can go more than 50 m between supports.
There is some loss noticeable in the reverse direction, compared with the forward direction, but there is sufficient receiver gain for it not to be a problem, or warrant a pre-amplifier.
73, Luke VK3HJ.

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From: Peter Krulewitch
Sent: Wednesday, 14 April 2021 2:04 AM
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Aluminum fence wire for Beverage

I tried the wire with some success but sag due to stretching created a problem. Wonder what your experience is and also use of steel fence wire.
W2LL

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