[BC] AM Ground Systems & Ground Conductivity

[Mike McCarthy]

I'm talking about direct burial.  Not open to the air.  I agree with Ron 
that for skirt and open air applications, copperweld is the preferred product.

MM

At 07:52 AM 12/22/2006 -0600, Bailey, Scott wrote
>Ron Nott suggests copperweld because it's not worth anything to the
>copper thieves. I didn't realize that it would wear out in the weather
>quicker than regular, straight copper.
>
>Scott
>
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>I would not suggest copperweld universally. It's far more susceptible to
>
>rusting/breakage than straight copper.
>
>MM
>
>At 05:08 PM 12/21/2006 -0500, DHultsman5 at aol.com wrote
> >In a message dated 12/21/2006 3:12:35 PM Central Standard Time,
> >wbzq1300 at verizon.net writes:
> > >My question is if I put down another buried ground system, can I get
> > >away with shorter radials, and use aluminum instead of #6 copper or
>#12
> > >copper, due to the copper thieves?  Would the FCC give me a wavier on
> > >this?
> > >
> > >Scott
> > >
> >Another Choce is copperweld,  Which is a steel woire with copper bonded
>to
> >the outside of the wire for conduction.   When the price of coppe got
>up
> >in the
> >'60's several stations used "Copperweld" radials and ground screens.
> >
> >Dave
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