-----Original Message----- From: khar...@lexmark.com [ mailto:khar...@lexmark.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 7:55 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: OATS Ground Plane Material
Has anyone attempted to imbed an OATS ground screen in asphalt? A new parking lot is going in near our lab and I have a chance to install an OATS. The stack-up will be gravel with 3" base asphalt and a 1" asphalt cap. I have plenty of copper screen and was considering putting it between the asphalt layers. Another alternative would be to use galvanized hardware cloth. Any advise? Keith The last time I built an OATS, I used an asphalt pad and then covered it with 1/4" galvanized hardware cloth. I used a big air-powered stapler to staple the metal cloth to the asphalt, and then I rolled outdoor carpeting over the cloth. It worked out fine, although I would have preferred to embed the cloth in the asphalt the way you described. I was about to give it a try, but the paving contractor said he thought it was a very bad idea for an outdoor site; he felt that the cloth would make a bad physical discontinuity in the asphalt, causing the top layer of asphalt crumble and break away from the base in a very short time. Regards, Ed Ed Price ed.pr...@cubic.com WB6WSN NARTE Certified EMC Engineer & Technician Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab Cubic Defense Applications San Diego, CA USA 858-505-2780 (Voice) 858-505-1583 (Fax) Military & Avionics EMC Is Our Specialty ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
