Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 15:27:35 -0500 From: Rob Atkinson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Topband: Radial wire
<Oh man, any time this topic comes up anywhere the guys come out with all kinds of suggestions for wire that won't last like galvanized steel and electric fence wire. Nix nix nix...if you want a permanent ground system go with copper, insulated or not. Stranded doesn't lie down as well; you want soft drawn copper sold. Stranded wants to spring up and stay coiled, especially if it is hard drawn antenna wire. Use that for antennas. Copper clad steel can be hard to work with too unless you have a spool on a radial plow and are laying it into a slit a few inches deep with a tractor. But if the installation only has to last a few months then use the barb wire, etc. 73 Rob K5UJ ## A local buddy had a rental home, where he installed a 50 ft guyed tower. Instead of pouring concrete, he dug a hole, and placed the bottom 2 ft of the tower into the hole, covered up with the dirt he had just dug out. After 10 years, when it was all removed, there was barely anything left of the portion of tower below ground.... dissolved ! Tower sections were galvanized steel. Jim VE7RF _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
