I have a 100 ft tower that is surrounded by 36 100 ft radials and 4 x 20 50 radials. Coax and rotor cable are buried. The area is planted with grass. I would like to add more radials but a question i
Author: Gene Smar via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 18:43:54 +0000 (UTC)
Ignacy: I'd just install a conduit from the present tower to any future one through the existing radial field. As an alternative, I'd install the conduit through the existing radial field up to
If you decide to do option #1, there is a company in Santa Barbara that I hired once that owns a "pig" or "torpedo" or "mole" (pneumatic-powered long slender hammering device that look like a giant b
A Vermeer horizontal drill can go hundreds of feet underground. John KK9A If you decide to do option #1, there is a company in Santa Barbara that I hired once that owns a "pig" or "torpedo" or "mole"
Author: "Lee K. Brown MD via TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 02:41:56 +0000 (UTC)
What is the soil like under the radials? If it's regular old soil, (not clay) you can buy an attachment for a garden hose that emits a strong jet of water that can create a passageway through soil, f
Unfortunately it is Georgia clay, sometimes mixed with sand, and a few inches of topsoil. Ignacy NO9E _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ T
Author: "Lee K. Brown MD via TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 02:49:50 +0000 (UTC)
Bummer. Still, it may be worth trying. The hose attachment is pretty cheap. Lee, KI7UR Unfortunately it is Georgia clay, sometimes mixed with sand, and a few inches of topsoil. Ignacy NO9E __________