[TowerTalk] FCC Requirements

Bill Coleman aa4lr@arrl.net
Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:26:16 -0500


On 1/12/01 7:33 PM, Joe Reisert at jreisert@jlc.net wrote:

>Bob said something like this: "The technician finally laid down 100 
>radials. He came back and said, what do I do with all the extra wire still 
>on the reels. Bob said, just make more radials. When the reel was empty, 
>there were 120 radials. Guess what became the standard?"

So maybe this is the rule of thumb: lay down radials until you run out of 
wire.

<grin>



Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
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