Return-Path: Received: from rly-da03.mx.aol.com (rly-da03.mail.aol.com [172.19.129.77]) by air-da10.mail.aol.com (v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILINDA104-a5c474e2ca5334; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:06:16 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-da03.mx.aol.com (v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINDA034-a5c474e2ca5334; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:06:15 -0500 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1IxZiH-0000e1-9C for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:05:17 +0000 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1IxZiG-0000ds-K5 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:05:16 +0000 Received: from fish2.hurontel.on.ca ([216.46.129.163]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IxZiD-0006kk-A9 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:05:16 +0000 Received: from weazle (OWENSOUND-218.hurontel.on.ca [216.46.139.218]) by fish2.hurontel.on.ca (Spam Firewall) with SMTP id 9B2DC48F5B8 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:58:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from weazle (OWENSOUND-218.hurontel.on.ca [216.46.139.218]) by fish2.hurontel.on.ca with SMTP id 0W0qg7WKNuYHwpox for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:58:06 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <000201c83234$053e0d20$0b01a8c0@weazle> From: "J. B. Weazle McCreath" To: References: <20071120112651.1dfa3a43@saluki.ngw.uk.com> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:00:30 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Karma: 0: X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: LF: Antenna question Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_helo : n X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : n Hello LFers, My farmer neighbour has kindly offered me the use of his fence posts to erect a "longwire" receiving antenna. I could make it well over a thousand feet in length and run out of $ for the wire before I ran out of fence posts! Would the close proximity of the fence itself, about eight inches below the antenna wire, have any negative effects? The fence is the conventional rectangular grid type, with six horizontal wires spaced about eight inches apart, and with vertical wires spaced about a foot apart. It's fastened to the wooden posts with staples and it appears to be galvanised steel. There is no intentional grounding of the fence, but in many places the lowest horizontal wire does touch the ground. Any comments or suggestions are most welcome. Thanks in advance. 73, J.B., VE3EAR - VE3WZL Solar and wind powered Lowfer " EAR" 188.830 EN93dr http://www.hurontel.on.ca/~weazle