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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