[TowerTalk] Aluminum Fence wire for elevated radials

[RICHARD BOYD]

It should work well for temporary or permanent antennas.  I've seen them on TV (OLN and OTCH) used to keep deer out.  Looks like good stuff.  Should broadband the antenna a bit, like using ladder line or like a cage dipole.

73 - Rich, KE3Q
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jim Jones<mailto:k0hy at comcast.net> 
  To: Jim Lux<mailto:jimlux at earthlink.net> 
  Cc: towertalk at contesting.com<mailto:towertalk at contesting.com> ; Neal Campbell<mailto:nealk3nc at peoplepc.com> 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:09 PM
  Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Aluminum Fence wire for elevated radials


  Been a while since I bought electric fence wire, but the last 'wire' I 
  bought was stainless.  The last electric
  fenceing material I bought was nylon with wire inbeded.  Worked great 
  and was a lot easier to put up.
  Anyone have any thoughts about using this 'stuff'' for field day type 
  antennas?

  73  Jim


  Jim Lux wrote:

  >At 03:55 PM 3/22/2005, Neal Campbell wrote:
  >  
  >
  >>I know that the bulk fence wire you can buy at the local farm supply will
  >>disappear if you have very acidic soil, etc. when used for ground radials.
  >>Does anyone know why this wire would not be usable for elevated radials?
  >>    
  >>
  >
  >
  >Resistivity?  You might want to go through the equations in the various 
  >articles and see if the tradeoff of length vs # of radials, etc. varies if 
  >the wire is more resistive.
  >
  >In general, since aluminum is so much cheaper than copper, you can probably 
  >make up for the lower resistivity by just running twice as many 
  >radials.   But heck, you might not even need that.
  >
  >There is also the problem of making good durable connections to aluminum 
  >wire.  For an electric fence, it's one thing, but if you're expecting it to 
  >carry significant RF current, it's another.
  >
  >
  >  
  >
  >>73 de Neal k3nc
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