It works well, I use the transformer set up made by C&S engineering,
now with DXE I think, and WD1 wire.
I used to use electric fence galvanized steel wire for beverages and two
wire beverages back in ILL
and it worked well.
Merv K9FD/KH6
Hi Herb and all,
When I was in the Army, 1958 to 1960,, I was a "Field Communications
Crewman". It meant, I helped string telephone wire.
We used what was called WD-1TT. It was two separate conductors. They
were twisted, not molded together. Each conductor was made of 3 steel
wires and 4 copper wires making a 7 strand conductor. It might have
been 4 steel and 3 copper.
I have never found listings for WD-1TT on eBay. We spliced it by
stripping about 10 inches from each conductor and tying a square knot
and twisting the loose end on the conductor and covering with
friction tape and then Scotch electrical tape. We could run 3
telephone circuits on 2 wires and ground with isolation transformers.
Regards...Price W0RI
With steel being very lossy AND magnetic AND frequency
dependent, the characteristic impedance of this
stuff is likely to be complex and frequency varying.
I don't see how it would ever work well for a
reversible beverage.
Rick N6RK
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