[TowerTalk] Chicken Wire Ground Screen

[Pete Smith]

Check out www.k3lr.com  for Rob Sherwood's paper given during the 
2009 Dayton antenna forum.  If I recall correctly, he used hardware 
cloth that was hot-galvanized after weaving and fastened together 
with cable-clamps.  In a visit to a local farm supply, I found some 
similar material with 2 X 4 openings that was about half as expensive

73, Pete

At 05:06 PM 6/12/2009, Joe Giacobello wrote:
>I know that there are several folks out there who are using chicken wire
>ground screens in addition to radials for their verticals.  I'm curious
>to know if the various sections of chicken wire are (1) soldered to one
>another and (2) to the radial system?  I'd guess if the chicken wire
>sections were overlapped at their edges, there would be a high
>probability of their making contact somewhere along their length so that
>soldering wouldn't be unnecessary.  No?
>
>I presume that the lifetime on the ground for the chicken wire is
>relatively short?  Two-three years?  OTOH, wouldn't the remnants of the
>wire and its degradation products enhance the conductivity of the soil
>surrounding the antenna so that the remaining radials are now more
>effective?
>
>Just curious to know what your collective experiences and thoughts are
>on this subject.
>
>Thanks for your input.
>
>73, Joe
>K2XX
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