[TowerTalk] Using riding mower to run radials (2nd Try)

[GALE STEWARD]

The copper won't work at my QTH. The steel "staples"
are strong enough to allow me to tap them in with a
hammer if need be. This works great during dry
conditions or when you encounter small rocks under the
sod. My radials use insulated wire so the issue of
corrosion of the dissimiliar metals is not a problem.
The corrosion caused by all the salts and chemicals in
the soil are a much bigger issue.

73, Stew K3ND


--- Bill Coleman <aa4lr at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
> On Apr 13, 2004, at 1:47 PM, Gene Smar wrote:
> >      I make/made my staples out of wire shirt
> hangers.  Cut a piece 
> > about 8
> > inches long, bend it in half - vi-oh-la - staple! 
> Some of mine have 
> > been in
> > the ground since 1998, and I have buried about a
> half-mile of varying 
> > gauge
> > wire sizes in the front and side yards this way.
> 
> I've done this same sort of trick, but I used copper
> wire, not steel.
> 
> My thinking is the last thing I want is to have a
> redox reaction cut 
> through my radial wire. Having steel in direct
> contact with copper is 
> going to cause corrosion of the copper wire.
> 
> Put 12 radials down about a  year ago. I can't even
> FIND them under the 
> grass any more....
> 
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail:
> aa4lr at arrl.net
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever
> fly!"
>              -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
> 



	
		
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