Jim Wilkins wrote:

It might be the reflector or ground plane of a camouflaged home-made
antenna ...

Or a spark arrestor or air cleaner part from an ATV/Motorcycle.
Or something from a civilian or commercial plane.
Or an air vent from some RV or portable generator.
Or something that a pack rat dragged there from
a mile away.
Or something that stuck to a deer 10 miles away and
eventually rubbed off where it was found.

I suggest a microscopic exam of the spot weld
and the wire insulation. Might be able to ascertain
if it's mil spec wire. Hard to tell from the pic,
what size everything is, but the wire looks like
about 22x7 ga. I think mil spec is higher strand count.
Insulation looks like typical telephone/CAT/Cable.
Maybe something from the used/unused antenna site
at Badger.


Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke

www.n0eq.com