I put down some galvanized electric fence wire on the ground for radials
and in a few years it just rusted away. Wouldn't recommend that. 73
Tom W7WHY
On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 8:50 AM, dw <bw_dw@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> My only experience with the use of steel electric fence wire and the
> resilience of connections is using them as radials for vertical antenna
> experiments.
> In that case, I wrapped 8 wires together and brazed them to a steel
> plate which I bolted to the bottom of the verticals radial plate.
> Left them laying on the ground for a couple of years here in the high
> humidity summers and deep snow winters.
> Later after I got rid of the vertical antenna I pulled up those radials
> to put them into storage and found the brazing still looked good and
> solid.
> Don't know how many years it would take for those connections to
> deteriorate.
> N1BBR
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