[TowerTalk] staples for radials

[John Wagner]

> > Yes, Home Depot has them in the garden department.  Don't 
> know the price.
> 
> I believe they are "ground cloth" staples.  Not at all 
> expensive.  At least I hope not as we used them by the 
> hundreds for landscaping around the yard. 
> The ones we use are about an inch across a relatively flat 
> top, about 6 or 8 inches long and fairly rigid and can be 
> driven in with a "dead blow" hammer. 
> (Hammer filled with lead shot)
> 
> Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member) N833R - 
> World's oldest Debonair CD-2 www.rogerhalstead.com
> 
> >
> > 73, Jim
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joe Barnes" <n4jbk at bellsouth.net>
> > To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 10:37 PM
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] staples for radials
> >
> >
> >> does anyone know what the " yard staples" ( for lack of a better 
> >> term) are called that some folks use to hold down radials? 
> some folks 
> >> have said that they are sold at home depot and such...
> >> _______________________________________________

 DX Enginering carries them and calls them "lawn Staples"

John W8JJW