I have used copper for 15 years on this boat. A great reception from
east coast USA all the way to Spain , Maderia back to Guyana and all of
the Caribbean. But the copper finally disintegrated, so I'm looking for
a better way for preserving it.

Hanz

Larry wrote:
Hanz Schmidt wrote in news:49471CE4.90705
@hotmail.com:


Grounding plane for SSB.

Hanz



Hanz, you don't need to use expensive copper foil that's just going to get
eaten, anyways. Aluminum flyscreen or even galvanized chicken wire works
just as good at 1% of the cost. Just unroll the chicken wire up out of the
bilge water along the hull under the waterline and it forms a big capacitor
with the seawater outside. Fold it up where the ground cable is connected
to it for better conductivity so it can fan out the current.....

Don't be too neat! No folds to neatly get it around a corner. RF doesn't
flow around corners.