[TowerTalk] radials

[Dan]

Dan wrote:
> Steve: I just gave a PPT presentation for our club called "Antenna Hints 
> and Kinks" In that are pictures and discussion of an attachment I built 
> for plowing in radials plus much more  I originally mounted it on a 
> large riding mower with a spool of wire above it. Since moving to 
> Spokane from Texas I mounted it on my tractor. In Texas I plowed in 24 
> 160m radials in less than an hour. The PPT is on our club web page 
> www.sdxa.org. The link is at the bottom of the first page. There are 
> thirty odd slides in it. It lasts about an hour. The slides are moved by 
> double clicking and at the lower LH corner is a small speaker image. 
> Double click it for the narration that goes with each slide. Nearly all 
> of the ideas are mechanical gadgets used in my station which have been 
> learned in 60 years of hamming. There is one slight error in the 
> presentation, I referred to RG134 teflon coax and of course I meant RG142.
> Enjoy, 73, Dan, N5AR
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p.s. If anyone wants to use this PPT for a club program you are welcome 
to. I would strongly recommend  that you use a laser pointer as I did to 
high lite the item in the picture being discussed. The slides are all 
photos and usually I am talking about some small item in a photo of a 
tower with antennas on it. It would be wise to run thru the PPT ahead of 
the meeting so the presenter can identify what I am talking about with 
the laser pointer.
> k4fj at aol.com wrote:
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>> I am planning a 160M vertical with radials.? I am looking for a device that will attach to my tractor's 3 point hitch and cut a narrow and shallow slit in the ground.? I know Verizon using something similar but it also feeds the wire in the trench and it is?deeper than what I desire.
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>> I understand about laying radials on the ground and letting grass grow over them so they disappear.? I have done that and it works when you have grass or vegetation to grow.? The area I am planning to work has little vegetation so I want to lay the wire in a shallow slit and tack it down with lawn staples or similar.? I do not want the radial wire laying on the surface.
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>> Please advise if you know of a tractor implement or other device?that may meet my needs.? I could use my old suburban edger with a batch of blades but that isn't a lot of fun in Virginia summer heat, but it is a backup plan.
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>> The shallow slit could be one to two inches and make me really happy.
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>> 73, Steve, k4fj
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