In my city, Alexandria, VA. you can do most of the work yourself. I hand dug
the trench
from the pole to the service entrance. The power company will lay in the wire
and
install for free (here).
Good luck,
dave
wa3gin
WD4K wrote:
> Don't mess with the cross the yard wire. I had the same scenario at my
> previous QTH except mine was diagonal across the back. I had a new service
> put in from the front of the house with a new riser and lines to the street
> pole rather than the alley pole. Cost was about 350.00. If no street pole at
> your qth, then the other advice of burying it is a winner. Either way-stay
> away from the above ground line. Tommy WD4K
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
> [mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Gary McDuffie, Sr.
> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 7:32 AM
> To: Josh T; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] thoughts about property layout
>
> On Sat, 26 May 2001 06:38:03 -0500, Josh T wrote:
>
> > I guess my question is: Is there any way to take full advantage of my
> large
> > lot with more wire antennas without crossing the electrical wire?
>
> Yep. Do like I just did a year or two ago. I talked about it for 10
> years and finally did it. Get with your electrical supplier and tell
> them you want to bury the line. They will put a meter pole at the edge
> of the property and then bury the secondary the rest of the way to the
> house. I went from a 4-pole span to a single meter pole and new service
> entrance. The good news is, I got them to leave the old poles so I
> could play with wires and other things on them. It's also a good time
> to increase the size of the secondary feed, should it need it.
>
> Gary
>
> ag0n at arrl dot net
> http://mcduffie.ws
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