[OKDXA] FENCE WIRE

[Robert Redmon]

N5PA wrote:
> Bob:
>
> Yes, we are talking about burying it.  It should hold up above the ground
> but it will not hold up long if it is buried.  I am going to use OX-GARD on
> all of my connections, also.
>
> 73,
> Alan, N5PA
>
>   
Alan, I do not envy your burying lots of radials. I did that once when 
lived in Bartlesville. buried about 20 40-60 foot ones and 2 120 foot 
ones that snaked all around the house and yard. Was a lot of work even 
though I build tools to do it. Used and old lawn edger with a custom 
(long) blade to do the trenching.

Now, I just lay them on the ground in the winter, and then the grass 
grows over them in the spring. Very little corrosion here in north 
Texas. I can leave aluminum or even uncoated steel on the ground for a 
long time before any significant corrosion occurs. Sure not the way it 
was in NE Oklahoma. Left a 17 meter yagi lying on the grass one spring 
for a couple weeks and when I picked it up, the underside was already 
pitted.

-- 
73, Bob K5SM