RHF wrote:

? NOW ? IS ? ANY ? OF ? THIS ? TRUE ?

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sounds pretty plausible to me, but then i'm the one who asked the
question, and i'm a fairly gullible person.

as for the strength question, multi-strand didn't withstand an avalanche
of snow coming off the roof and breaking it, nor did it withstand my
puppy biting it into a few pieces. i kinda doubt there is really too
much difference in strength. the fact that stranded allows for the
breakage of one strand while leaving the others intact, but just the
same, those single threads are thinner and more likely to break in the
first place!

as for surface area, that sounds plausible, but then that brings it back
to the metal fence question. if it's surface area you want, then why the
warning not to lay a random wire along a metal fence. wouldn't the fence
be helpful in reception and pass things along into the wire?

av