[TowerTalk] Locating Buried Cables - Followup

[K8RI on Tower talk]

All you need is one of the modern metal detectors. Some of them will even 
show the shape of what's buried.

I'd think something much simpler (and cheaper) could be build using a 
rectangular loop that would tell you and object is there and the orientation 
in the case of buried cables.

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com
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>> Wish I knew more about the utility companies' detectors -- I have a
>> feeling that a ham with a decent junk box could build one for less than
>> 10% what the utilities pay for theirs.
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>> That is certainly true for the ultrasounic arc detector.
>>
>> 73  John  W0UN
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> If I understand correctly what Pat is trying to do (locate cables
> with known ends, but unknown routing), you might be able to
> energize them with some low-frequency energy the way those
> home wire locating tools work (I think they use a few hundred
> kilohertz).
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> Mike W4EF...........................
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