RE: faraday cage questions (fwd)

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Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxxxx>



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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:41:51 -0800 (PST)
From: davep@xxxxxxxx
To: hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: faraday cage questions (fwd)


> I have made one with 12 X 24mm (approx) weld mesh. Attenuation was about
> 15 db at 300Mz, will be less as the frequency increases. Why not build
> it out of copper sheet, it could be thin and will be more effective?
     Copper sheet will be little, if any, more effective.
     Given the freqs proposed, sheet is overkill, and any practical
     size mesh will do nicely.  I'd noit use 'hurricane fence'
     with its unbonded wires, but 'hardware cloth'/'chicken wire'
     etc will do nicely at these freqs.

     best
      dwp