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Subject: [TowerTalk] New (?) idea for protecting underground feedlines
From: ku7y@sage.dri.edu (Monte Stark)
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 07:53:53 -0700 (PDT)
On Fri, 8 Aug 1997 CQK8DO@aol.com wrote:

> Should work.... ahem, until you add the next antenna and cut the buried line
> trying to bury the new one...

One "trick" we used when installing direct burial cables is to put old
boards, like 2x4 scraps, on top of the wires to keep a shovel from cutting
the wire when being uncovered years later!

Even after the wood rots you still see it and know the cable is right
there.

cul,

73, Ron,     SOWP 5545M,

.........KU7Y.....ARCI #8829.....Monte "Ron" Stark.....
....ku7y@sage.dri.edu...........Washoe Lake, Nevada....
....QRP-L #17...ARS #49...NorCal #330.....NRA LIFE.....

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