[TowerTalk] Technique for Putting Don Radials?

Terry Conboy n6ry at arrl.net
Tue Jun 22 22:28:18 EDT 2004


At 08:26 PM 2004-06-21, RICHARD BOYD wrote:
>And, it shouldn't take much more wire.  Let's say the stakes are one or two
>or three feet apart at the perimeter, you would have, say, a 130' radial and
>a three foot extra piece going over to the next stake, then another 130'
>radial back in.  That's a pretty small percentage and not much "wastage."

With 130' radials, the circumference is 816.8 feet.  If there are 120 
radials, the stakes would be 6.8 feet apart, which is still only about 2.6% 
more wire.

Terry


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