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Re: [TowerTalk] Ground Radials

To: jmltinc@aol.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ground Radials
From: Don Havlicek <n8de@thepoint.net>
Reply-to: n8de@thepoint.net
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:19:41 -0400
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Sounds like buried is your best option .. unless you like replacing them 
when the dethatcher chews them up.
You can make a burying tool that will put them down a few inches without 
having to dig trenches.
Search the towertalk archive for info.
Don
N8DE

jmltinc@aol.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
> After some sound advice from the folks on the Topband reflector, I have 
> decided to install on or in ground radials for a shunt fed vertical (rather 
> than elevated radials). I know that within a year, wire pinned to the ground 
> will "disappear".
>  
> My lawn however, is dethatched every year. While I can forego this process 
> for a year or two, eventually it will have to be done. The dethatcher is a 
> tow behind unit weighted down to about 200 pounds with 1/8" tines that 
> scratch the grass (and the earth too!). Additionally, the lawn is core 
> areated.
>  
> Anyone have experience with this? Buried radials my only option here?
>  
> Thanks,
> John, N9RF
>  
>  
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