The issue is going to be whether you can do it WITHOUT gaps, and how it will manage to last in normal eroding ground and weather conditions. Chicken wire is notorious for rusting out. If you could find some made from #18 copper wire...:>)
Remember what you are doing is providing a counterpoise for the coax shield half of the circuit, which can be done many ways with varying degrees of loss down to almost none, AND providing an opposite cancellation field against the ground penetrating field from the vertical radiator. It is the latter that requires DENSE and UNIFORM to work well. If it is not, at some point it becomes lossier than an elevated self-cancelling couinterpoise. 73, Guy. On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 12:42 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Brian - K1LI wrote:> > > I remember seeing an article on this > subject recently, I think in QST or > > QEX, but I can't seem to > track it down. The author used various numbers > > and > > > lengths of wire fencing instead of a "conventional" wire radial > field. > > > > Can someone out there with better searching > skills point me to the > > reference? > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Brian K1LI > > I believe there is a > reference in some of ON4UN's Low Band DXing books to using wire fencing > for radials. I believe John rolls out wire fencing > sections after the lawn mowing season is finished to enhance his > ground system. > > GL & 73 George K8GG > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
