Topband: Ground Radials

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OM,

Here is how I solved the problem.  

I went to a thrift store and got a working electric lawn edger.  I used
it to cut slots

in the sod about an inch deep.  Poked the wire into the slots.  The slots
"heal"

in about a month.

The technique is to start at the center and walk backwards, pulling the
edger

as you go.  Be sure to wear eye protection.  I've used this method on 2
separate

ground screens with good results.

73

Tim  K3HX

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 07:36:18 -0500 "Fred Cresce" <fcresce at comcast.net>
writes:
> Hello Fellow TopBand ops,
> I have a small "wonder" vertical on my wooded lot. And I would like 
> to construct an inverted L , also needing a ground screen. There's 
> about 50 radials for both antennas already laid out on the ground 
> with some sod staples holding the radials down. I'm one of those 
> types of fellows who likes to keep the lot clean and fairly free 
> from the leaves and the twigs and branches. My ground radials are 
> really catching hell from the raking.I  also notice on my clumsy 
> days, that I'm tripping over these radial wires too. Blowing leaves 
> with my backpack blower is better, but there is a time where they 
> need to be raked into the Chipper / shredder machine.I might answer 
> my own question here. It looks like I have to use a LOT more sod 
> clamps every couple of feet to nail down these radials, before I 
> destroy my entire RF system. Are there other ways to create a ground 
> screen? I understand that chicken wire is a good thing for RF 
> ground, but how much of that would be equal to the individual wires 
> I'm using now? What are the rest of yous guys doing that have ground 
> radials in a woods situation? I would appreciate some innovative 
> ways around this ground radial problem.
> Thanks for any help.
> Fred KC4MOP
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