I was actually listening to a zl station on 80 one night, I don't quite 
know where abouts he was to be able to have this but, he had a long wire 
half a kilometer long, and there was little difference in signal when he 
switched between the two.

Shaun
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On 3/04/2008 1:53 AM, the old scribe known as Colin McDonald was able to 
impart this pearl of wisdom:
> well, the one reason you can't always load a fence up is that it would
> typically be grounded.
> I have heard of people using metal fences to act as HF antennas, but they
> had to be totally isolated from the ground.
> Case in point, many farmers who have miles of 3 strand barbed wire fencing
> on wooden posts will use the top strand as a beverage antenna or low band
> receiving antenna.
> I think 4 miles of wire would make a pretty good receiving antenna.
> Most chain link fences use metal posts in the ground, and the chain link
> itself is typically treated with a plastic protective substance, or painted,
> which can lead to problems with continuity.
> As a ground system though, it would work pretty good under a vertical even
> with bad continuity between links.  Just having all that metal under a
> vertical would improve reflections.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
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