Tom,
The corrosion may be climate-related. My Beverages are up from
November until April, Here in the northeast, then I spool them up for the
growing season. I've used the same wire for about 10 years now. No
evidence of corrosion whatsoever.
Barry
On 14 Nov 2002 n4kg@juno.com wrote:
> My experience with galvanized steel wire in Beverages and
> as radials is that they RUST OUT in a few years.
>
> ALUMINUM Electric Fence Wire is also now available
> and should last longer. Take precautions to make a
> non-corrosive connection to the aluminum wire.
>
> I like #16 or #18 wire for outdoor use as radials or Beverages.
> Smaller wires break too easily. Larger wires get heavy.
>
> Tom N4KG
>
> On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 "Barry " <w2up@mindspring.com> writes:
> > My Beverages are made of 17 ga galvalnized steel wire (made for
> > electric fences). It's strong and cheap - last spool I bought was
> > $15 for 1/2 mile! Since a Bev is a high volatge/low current antenna,
> > the extra few ohms of resistance shouldn matter.
> > 73,
> > Barry W2UP
> >
>
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