[TowerTalk] New (?) idea for protecting underground feedlines

[Steve Vinson]

Monte Stark wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 8 Aug 1997 CQK8DO@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Should work.... ahem, until you add the next antenna and cut the buried line
> > trying to bury the new one...
> 
> One "trick" we used when installing direct burial cables is to put old
> boards, like 2x4 scraps, on top of the wires to keep a shovel from cutting
> the wire when being uncovered years later!
> 
> Even after the wood rots you still see it and know the cable is right
> there.
> 
> cul,
> 
> 73, Ron,     SOWP 5545M,
> 
> .........KU7Y.....ARCI #8829.....Monte "Ron" Stark.....
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That works but as you say will rot ... try old roofing shingles.  Ever
tried to dig around a house that the contractor didn't clean up well???
Good luck and keep posting ....

Steve 
KD4WIW

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