I would stake them down at base of wall, go up and over the wall, stake them
down on other side and continue out.
Stan, K5GO
> On May 13, 2018, at 2:57 PM, Kevin Shea via TowerTalk
> <towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:
>
> Now that the glacier has receded from Wisconsin, I want to put in radials
> around my 80' AN Wireless tower (free standing no guy wires). About 20' out
> on an arc of about 75 degrees I have an old stone wall. It's not high but
> has huge glacial boulders which really can't be moved. My radials will be
> about 100' long (some a bit longer some a bit shorter). They will be buried
> using a trencher designed to bury invisible dog fence or lawn sprinkler
> pipes. I will likely go down ~3" using 15 gauge solid enamel copper wire
> (got it an auction of a transformer mfgr going out of business).
>
> My question is: should I run the 20' radials out and end them at the wall,
> and the radials at the end edges of the wall (either side of the 75 degree
> arc) connect those to a wire (forming a chord - parallel to the far side of
> the stone wall) and then connect radials to this cord and continue those
> radials out another 80-100'?
>
> Hard to explain without a drawing. I would also mention that the ground
> falls away from the tower in this direction, probable down 25' from the base
> of the tower. This is into a woods and the soil is very rich and should be a
> good conductor.
>
> 73,
> Kevin N9JKP
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