Topband: Radials through heavy brush

[Wes Attaway (N5WA)]

You can use the same idea to go through the grass in an average lawn.  I
used to do it all the time through St. Augustine grass and under layers of
pine straw.  I used a long stiff metal rod that was probably about 1/8-inch
in diameter and maybe 5 or 6 feet long.  You can cover a lot of territory in
a surprisingly short time.  

Once you get radials under some of the grass and pine straw (but not into
the dirt) you really never see them again. Among other advantages, it gives
you an opportunity to get very well acquainted with your yard.

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-----Original Message-----
From: topband-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Pete Smith N4ZR
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:36 PM
To: Topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Radials through heavy brush

I heard about the same idea from Fred, K1VR, using an 8-f0oot ground 
rod, with a hole drilled in the blunt end and slightly bent to make it 
sneak through the undergrowth better.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 8/14/2012 5:36 PM, Pete Michaelis - N8TR wrote:
> Years ago my wife Mary, N8DMM used a 12' piece of 3/8" diameter
> aluminum tubing like a long sewing needle to thread 160 and 80
> meter radials under heavy brush.  It worked very well.  A piece of
> 1/2" tubing was used to splice two pieces together the few times
> we needed a longer "needle"
>
> 73 Pete - N8TR
>
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> At 07:27 PM 8/11/2012, Jeff wrote:
>> Another economical and light weight method of pushing wire through brush
>> would be to use a 10' piece of 1/2" PVC or plastic electrical conduit. In
>> the case of the electrical conduit it can be extended by adding multiple
>> pieces together for greater length. It's lite weight and flexible enough
to
>> bounce it with one hand over things like roots or stones that might get
in
>> the way. If you don't want to carry 10' lengths of plastic pipes around,
>> look in the big box stores or electrical suppliers for threaded push rods
>> made of fiberglass. Typically they come in 4' sections with 4 or 5 in
pack
>> that threat one onto the other and are brightly colored. That makes it
easy
>> to find in the leaves and twigs.  Just tape your wire on to the end and
>> push.  Autumn is coming, time to get those TB antennas back in the air.
>> W7JW
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