I used BURY-FLEX(TM) <http://www.davisrf.com/ham1/coax.htm#buryflex>, which
I believe was developed especially for such antennas.
"Commercial entities are pleased with its tough, high durometer, outer
jacket and many hams can lay this cable in grass and woods without worry of
abrasion or animal gnawing."
-Chuck W1HIS
>Chuck, did you feed that with coax or open line? Geo>K0FF
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Chuck Counselman <ccc@space.mit.edu>
>To: Colin Lamb <k7fm@teleport.com>
>Cc: Amps reflector <amps@contesting.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
>Date: Monday, September 11, 2000 3:05 PM
>Subject: Re: [AMPS] High Voltage at Antenna Ends
>
>
>>
>>At 12:18 PM -0400 2000/9/11, Colin Lamb wrote:
>>> One way to prevent high voltage at the ends of an antenna is to
>>>reduce the Q. The easiest way to do this is to use a lossy wire for the
>>>antenna....
>>
>>I tried this but the antenna still kept falling down in severe ice storms.
>>Then I thought of burying the wire in the ground. This not only provides
>>the desired loss, but my antenna has also not fallen down in nearly 50
>>years of severe New England winters. The only drawbacks I've noticed are
>>that (1) the snow melts above the antenna when I use my high-power amp; and
>>(2) in summer the grass has to be watered and mowed more often. However,
>>these drawbacks are more than counterbalanced by the reduction in TVI, BCI,
>>and RFI.
>>
>>73 de Chuck W1HIS
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