[TowerTalk] Horizontal vs. Vertical

[Blake M Meinecke]

The thread on verticals brought to mind a few questions.  I knew a ham
who placed metal rock-lathe chicken wire-ish stuff down in his whole yard
(city lot in neighborhood) before laying sod.  Pieces were connected
somehow (don't exactly remember) possibly by small hog-ring clamps(?).  
This setup was then used to ground his tower (small tribander @ 40 odd
feet) and verticals.  He swore by this method, and recomended it. 
Question #1;  is this an asset or just a lotta work??  #2;  Has anyone
done this?  #3;  Drawbacks?  (rust deterioration?  better than tons of
radials?  What kind of radius would be necessary for any given band vert.
to be effective, if so??)  
maybe the grass would get too angy???

Blake, N4GI

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