[TowerTalk] radials 160

[Herbert Schoenbohm]

A Ditch Witch with a vibrating plow leaves the soil intact.  it has a 
hollow plow blade,  the wire mounts on a spool in the back and is 
automatically fed as the plow processes. All you need do is dig a small 
hole at the begging of the run and drive off. It even goes through 
asphalt and any type of soil.  It leaves behind only a small scar the 
size of the straight portion of the blade which heals quickly and is 
invisible in a few days.  You can probably rent one or get one with 
driver on weekends from the local cable company.  you can do 60 radials 
in a few hours.


Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ


On 3/7/2017 6:03 PM, George Dubovsky wrote:
> 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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