Re: [TCML] Counterpoise Idea

[Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A decent idea, if you have the place to store them.  I like chicken wire, because you can roll it up, and it's easier to store. I've thought about bonding some sort of wire to a piece of thin carpet for this reason. It also gives a visual demarcation of a "do not go here" zone.

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>From: Jeremy Scott <supertux1@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Aug 15, 2008 2:10 PM
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>Subject: [TCML] Counterpoise Idea
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>So I was shopping at Home Depot for stuff and I found that they have thin stiff wire 'grids', presumably for reinforcing concrete floors, that are 4 x 8 feet in dimension. Right next to that, 48" wide rolls of chicken wire. Jackpot.
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>I was thinking of putting two of these side by side for a 8 x 8' square counterpoise then covering each half with chicken wire. Do you think this would work for a coil that will sit roughly 48" high and have a 24" major diameter toroid? (About 4kVA)
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