Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 15:27:35 -0500
From: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
To: topband@contesting.com
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
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