[TowerTalk] radials 160

[George Dubovsky]

I buried all of my 160 meter radials (approx 60) with a home-made radial
plow pulled behind a compact diesel tractor - took about 2 minutes per
radial. Modified subsoiler - less than $200 invested.

<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B3V9JKlc_l_ZMWlOZFJWUXp2VDg>

73,

geo - n4ua

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 12:28 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist <
richard at karlquist.com> wrote:

> On 3/7/2017 6:25 AM, Hardy Landskov wrote:
>
>> Sunbelt Rentals in Orlando, FL  rents an EZTrench that digs the hole,
>> lays the coax and then covers it back up. I don't know what it costs. My
>> problem is trying to get it here since it's 70 miles away.
>> Hardy N7RT
>>
>>
> Although Sunbelt Rentals has some west coast locations,
> none of them rent EZTrench.  When I called to ask about
> it, I got an attitude like "nobody needs them".
> As far as buying one:  they are 1000's of dollars.
>
> Now that N6LF has published his elevated radial tests,
> I have decided to go with elevated radials for all
> future antennas.  I am convinced that they can do
> as well as on the ground ones, if properly engineered.
> The plan is to use bare aluminum electric fence wire
> supported by 10 foot long PVC pipes (1 1/2 inch size)
> slipped over T-posts.  This works well due to the
> light weight of the wire.
>
> May not be an option for everyone due to the visual
> clutter.
>
> Rick N6RK
>
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