Topband: Radials in the desert

[MICHAEL ST ANGELO]

Chet,

Have you tried digging a shallow trench with an edge trimmer? They are also known as edgers.

Mike N2MS


> On June 20, 2018 at 8:06 AM Chester Latawiec <chetlat at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Any suggestions on burying radials in the desert sands of Kingman AZ?  Radials placed on the surface just stay there and are constant tripping hazards.
> The desert sand is like rock.  The top 1/4 inch is loose sand but below that it's like rock.  You vertually need a pick axe to loosen the sublayer.  One option is to pick axe a shallow trench for each radial in the desert sun, but tripping over the radials would be a better alternative.
> Any suggestions?
> I'm really getting tired of tripping over the radials of Jess, AI9L's radial field.
> 73
> Chet VE3CFK
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