Hi JB,
I remember comments on a similar situation from an old QST.
In June 1977, Barry Boothe W9UCW recounts his success.
His "Beverage" was half a mile long, on insulators, three barbed
wires above and three below, steel poles, and the wire was 18/24
inches above ground. He terminated it by connecting it to the barbed
wires at the far end. In fact, it was an out-of-season use for his
electric fence - the horses were in the barn for the winter. Barry
commented that it worked extra well and was the most directional
Beverage he had ever used [on 160m.].
Your proposed wire along the top looks better than Barry's which was
half-way down the fence. In passing, his "hot" wire was No.16 galvanised steel.
Good luck.
73, Kevin, ZL4MD
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
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