[Boatanchors] new Ground system

Thu, 14 Mar 2002 20:56:12 -0500

A lot depends on whether the soil is acidic or alkaline as to what it eats
up.

73
Gary  K4FMX

Arthur Shulman wrote:

> 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 <[email protected]> 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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