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Eddy Avila wrote:
>
> This for the antenna prognosticators......
>
> I have up in my backyard a ground-mounted Butternut hf2v 80/40 vertical with
> 24 buried radials of various lengths, none of which are of the "optimum"
> lenght, unfortunately. But it works fairly well beating my dipole most of
> the time. (Yes, I know, the dipole at 20' off the ground....well, sucks!!)
>
> Anyways, my questions is: the wife wants me to cover the entire area above
> the ground radials with chicken wire so the gophers and moles will bump into
> the chicken wire instead of digging up to the surface, so should I bond all
> the chicken wire together and bond it to the ground-radial system??? Will
> this help my signal any? Or may be making things worse?
A ground screen will help a lot; however, those MOLES are eating the
grubs in your yard. Get rid of the moles and your grass will suffer.
[Yeah, I know that those tunnels look ugly!]. The only other way to get
rid of the moles is to get rid of the grubs .. topical application of a
good insecticide will do wonders .. but it will also poison the ground
water ... shhhhhhhhhh .. I didn't say that!
And .. a .22 caliber with a good aiming eye will eliminate the gophers!
>
> Oh, no choice installing the chicken wire...this is a compromise to her
> first wish: pulling the vertical out of the backyard....U G H!
>
> Thanks mucho!
>
> 73.......ed
>
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