[TowerTalk] Speaking of wire mesh...

[Pete Smith]

My local farm supply store has rolls of welded steel wire mesh 
(galvanized) with 2 x 4 inch openings, for what seems like a pretty 
reasonable price per square foot.  I am tempted to use crossed strips of 
this stuff at the base of my shunt-fed tower in an effort to reduce 
ohmic losses on 160 and 80 meters, tying them together with split bolts 
and by wire to the plate that terminates my longer radials.

First, I'm wondering if those openings are small enough that the mesh 
would appear at those frequencies to be equivalent to solid sheets of 
steel?  And if so, would such an addition to my radial system make 
sense?  I was thinking of either 4 x 25-foot strips or 2 x 50 footers.

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73, Pete N4ZR
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