Re: [IRCA] Cable work

["chris and anne" <tantwo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We called it " chicken wire" in upstate N.Y.   Chris  K2FO  S.C.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Foxworth" <rfoxwor1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Cable work


>> > Oddly, it's called "poultry wire".
>>
>> If it's the stuff I am thinking it is, about 1/4 inch squares
> openings, steel
>> wire woven together and dipped in molten zinc, they call it "hardware
> cloth"
>> out here.
>>
>> I've used it a few times years ago when I needed a wide fat ground
> connector
>> from a radio shelf to a metal plate on a concrete floor. I was having
> RFI
>> issues and the setup took care of the feedback.
>>
>> Rick Kunath
>
>
> Archaeologists are fond of this stuff. You build dirt sifters
> out of a wooden square frame and the cloth makes the
> "bottom". Pour in the dirt and shake the frame (the more
> elegant ones suspend the entire frame so your arms don't)
> and you sort out the larger items. You can get a 1/8 inch
> mesh, as well. And yes it is known as hardware cloth
> in Fla as well. It is quite stiff. The wires make exact squares.
>
> What I know as "chicken wire" has a hexagonal-shaped
> "opening" about one inch on a side and is much more
> flexible, and surely costs a lot less. Just enough to keep
> the chicken from escaping. It's woven much like a chain link
> fence.
>
> I never heard the term "poultry wire".
>
> - Bob
>
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