[TowerTalk] Radial Wires VS a wire or screen mesh

[John Hensley]

Thank you Martin.
 
> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:13:48 -0500
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Radial Wires VS a wire or screen mesh
> From: martin.s.ewing at gmail.com
> To: w5jv at hotmail.com
> CC: towertalk at contesting.com; antennas at mailman.qth.net
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> If you have a symmetric installation - a vertical on level ground with
> no near-by obstacles - the ground currents will be purely radial. Any
> wire in the circumferential direction is wasted, since no current
> wants to flow that way. So simple radial wires would require the
> least amount of conductor.
> 
> If you don't have complete symmetry, then things are more complicated.
> It is possible that cross connections (or mesh) would help, but maybe
> only a little.
> 
> 73 Martin AA6E
> 
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:19 AM, John Hensley <w5jv at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Here's another dumb question: Does anyone know if a functional radial system can be made using fencing wire mesh, say 4 x 4?  If unwelded mesh were used and laid down the length of either 1/8 wave or 1/4 wave, shouldn't it work as well as radial wires?  Or is it the radial symmetry around the driven pole the key?
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> Dr. Martin S. Ewing, AA6E
> Member IEEE, URSI, AAS, ARRL
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