[160m] GROUND SCREEN

[Tom W8JI]

> i would just like to get some wire down for a try using 
> fence.
>
> type of wire ?
> plastic coated ?
> welded joints ?
> galvanized ?
>
> how to attach the wire to the ground stake...i think that 
> the more
> attachment points the better. 6ft of fence edge and one 
> wire to
> ground stake doesn't sound right. more the merrier ?

David,

I was hoping someone else would answer, but I will since no 
one else did.

A screen doesn't mean anything if you have enough radials, 
but it certainly helps when the radial system is small or 
sparse.

Ground stakes also don't mean much. On 160, a rod or stake 
is probably going to be 30-150 ohms no matter how deep it 
is. Skin depth on 160 and higher would not allow a deep rod 
to be effective.

I've thought about welded galvanized fence as a screen but I 
have to admit I've never tried it. I really don't think 
anything except copper would have a long life in my soil, 
which is a clay with thin topsoil on top.  I really think 
you would do just as well with radials, even if very short 
in some directions.

Is there some particular reason you wanted to use a screen, 
like lack or room or ease??

73 Tom