[Boatanchors] new Ground system

[Arthur Shulman]

Thank you all! I stand corrected; of course it would depend on the soil
the wire is buried in. I did not have that experience over a period of 4
years when I buried my radial/grounds. Just lucky, I guess.

But I won't try that again. Thanks for the advice - well founded!

Arthur Shulman

Glen Zook wrote:

> In most soils, the aluminum will "disappear" in less
> than 6 months!  You can use galvanized electric fence
> wire that is sold by the 1/4 and 1/2 mile reels at
> home improvement centers.  The cost is normally under
> $10 for 1/4 mile.  I have had some of that in the
> ground for almost 30 years.  But, I know of several
> local amateurs who put in thousands of feet of
> aluminum wire for counterpoises for verticals that,
> when they just happened to pull on the end of the
> wire, about 6 inches came out.  The rest had basically
> disentegrated.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
> --- Arthur Shulman <dentist@nornet.on.ca> wrote:
>
> Have you considered getting a 1000' reel of aluminum
> #4 wire used for grounding TV masts? Real cheap, and
> just as effective as copper for this purpose.
>
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