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
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