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Re: [TowerTalk] Radials vs. cows

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Radials vs. cows
From: Grant Saviers <grants2@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 12:58:19 -0700
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Since the Angus ate my coax that was tied to the barb wire fence, I doubt your approach will last more than a short time. My cow/calf ranch was in the east San Jose foothills, not so far from you. Add some rain and adobe muck will bring even shallow wires to the surface. Better to rip a trench and bury the radials or go high with some elevated ones. My verticals were on a galvanized barn roof (80m top loaded) and shed roof (40m) and worked great.

Wire and plastic bits are a bad diet for cows, which are exceedingly dumb.

Grant KZ1W
now in green Redmond, WA

joke: A cattleman who won the lottery is asked on TV, "Will you still be a cattleman?" He said, "Of course, until the money runs out."

On 7/30/2019 12:14 PM, Gary Johnson wrote:
I???m about to put in a radial field but the area is infested with Angus. 
Terrain is in its natural state, never graded, planted or anything, just coarse 
grass and weeds and pretty rocky and uneven. I was hoping to use lawn staples 
(lots of them) as they seem to have a very good grip in this soil.

My concern is that the cows will snag the wires or pull them up while grazing. 
Then I???m stuck trying to shallow-bury everything... ugh.  Anyone have any 
experience or advice on cows vs. radials?

Gary NA6O
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