[TowerTalk] Shallow burying coax/conduit -- another method

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

Make and model of trencher?

Rick N6RK

On 5/10/2017 1:42 PM, Roger (K8RI) on TT wrote:
> We recently had our yard cleaned up for summer (getting too old for all
> the yard work). Running the coax from the 6-pack at the tower to the
> AV640 mount, we had cut a slot with the edger and pushed the coax in,
> but the up and down in the coax formed by having to push the BuryFlex
> into the slot both shortened the run and the coax popped to the surface
> in a couple of spots. Just laying the coax in the grass was not
> acceptable as the thatcher would pull it up and get tangled up. The yard
> crew mentioned they had a small trencher for installing edging (cuts a 4
> X 4" trench).  They ran a new, straight trench in less than a couple of
> minutes to drop the straightened coax into which was back to the
> original length.  This was great for shallow burying of coax, or even 3"
> PVC conduit.
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