If anyone has any feedback building & using one of those "horse fence" antennas, please let me know...looks fairly easy to build and install....:ugh:
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If anyone has any feedback building & using one of those "horse fence" antennas, please let me know...looks fairly easy to build and install....:ugh:
Thanks -
Step 1: Disconnect fence charger unit...
Seriously, from what I gather, they are pretty much just a standard dipole antenna using some of that electric fence ribbon in place of the usual wires. It shouldn't be hard to duplicate.
Should work pretty good as a beverage if it's long enough. I wouldn't want to xmit through it if you have livestock. Big difference between a shock telling the animal to stay off the fence, and an RF burn.
From RF stick welders to RF branding irons, Thermatron is a step ahead.
Are we talking about miles of established fencing? Two ways to go I say, counterpoise with a resonant main element or electrically divided the fence and run the world's biggest dipole.
I would also be curious as to the receive performance on LW: LF/VLF.
Jeeze, can't any of you guys at least try Googling "Horse Fence Antenna?" Try the third result from the top.
Aint got time. I'm too busy trying to find out what the fuck sanquine means. (Thanks Albi)Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php...ce-for-antennaQuote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
http://kf4bwg.com/ There seems to be two kinds of horse fencing of interest.
The flat braid with wires, and a round one called Electrobraid. 600' of black Electrobraid is $110.00 from Tractor Supply.
The round stuff has two strands of copper in an open helix braid woven into a poly sheath that is like a sock woven over a poly rope core. The flat stuff is 3 or four conductor. I would think an antenna like this would be strong, and maybe a little heavy.
The rhetoric for the flat one is it is broad banded, which makes sense.
Dunno about the round stuff, but I expect it might be as well...
I bet the flat stuff should be twisted just like ladder line so it doesnt blow around in the wind.
Having some of this stuff up as horse fence, I can catagorically state that it makes no difference. It blows around no matter what.Quote:
Originally Posted by WØTKX
I used to enjoy transmitting and holding a flourescent tube parallel to one of the legs of my inverted vee. People used to freak out when the lamp would light up bright.
tell me about it. I have about 50 feet of ladder line forever tangled up 75-80 feet in the very tops of my tallest trees It blew way up there in the Nor'easter of 2009.Quote:
Originally Posted by W5GA