[Elecraft] Regarding electric fence wire

[Stan Rife]

	I have had good luck with the fence wire that I use. It is Aluminum
wire and seems to hold up good. I have a 20M dipole up now that is made with
it. It has not been up very long. But I have used this same wire for ground
radials for my vertical and it holds up nicely, except when I or the dogs
trip over it and break it. It does not have much tensile strength as you can
imagine.
 

Stan Rife
W5EWA
Houston, TX
K2 S/N 4216

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ken Kopp
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 9:36 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Regarding electric fence wire

RF travels on and/or near the surface of a conductor.  
The plating on fence wire tarnishes / corrodes rapidly 
and therefore isn't the best choice for antenna wire.

73! Ken Kopp - K0PP
k0pp at arrl.net

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