I have had good luck with the fence wire that I use. It is Aluminum wire and seems to hold up good. I have a 20M dipole up now that is made with it. It has not been up very long. But I have used this same wire for ground radials for my vertical and it holds up nicely, except when I or the dogs trip over it and break it. It does not have much tensile strength as you can imagine.
Stan Rife W5EWA Houston, TX K2 S/N 4216 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Kopp Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 9:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] Regarding electric fence wire RF travels on and/or near the surface of a conductor. The plating on fence wire tarnishes / corrodes rapidly and therefore isn't the best choice for antenna wire. 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
