Horse Fence antenna

[WØTKX]

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.

[W5GA]

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.

[n2ize]

Having some of this stuff up as horse fence, I can catagorically state that it makes no difference. It blows around no matter what.

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.