[RTTY] 160 meter radials

[Jack West]

Hi All,

I do not have a ground rod here at my station as the ground is just 
too hard to drive it. When I moved to this hill, I ran four wire radials
for each band, 160 thru 10 meters, and layed them on top of the 
ground. As the grass grew it covered up the wires. After two years
there was no more evidience of the  radial wires as they were
covered up. I have never had problems with RF in my shack or
in my radio audio circuits with this arrangement over the 24 yrs
I have been here.

73 de
Jack / W7LD / "Lucky Dog"


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Kriss" <aa5vu at att.net>
To: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] 160 meter radials


>> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:26:43 -0500
>> From: "Tom Martin" <tmartin at chartermi.net>
>> Subject: [RTTY] RTTY Contest 160
>> To: <RTTY at contesting.com>
>> 
>> The L fits the 
>> property area, although the horizontal section is sloping to 30'.  It performs
>> quite well.  Adding radials is the big issue with a small lot and no metal
>> fence around. At present, I have about 60 radials varying in length from 8' to
>> 65'.   Once the snow flies, I will run some radials down the edge of the back
>> alley.  
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Tom W8JWN
> 
> Tom W8JWN
> 
> One of the best ham tools is a gas edger that you can
> use down the alley and some people have been known
> to make some fast passes on neighbor's property. Get
> em in the ground before the snow!
> 
> I don't think there is such a thing as too many radial.
> 
> Dick AA5VU
> 
> 
> 
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