How about a pressure/power washer? Use the "jet" adjustment. Point nozzle at
the ground/grass to create a slot. Insert radial. Walk across slot. Done.
Tom, N2SR
From: Dick Williams <richardk8ztt@gmail.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] radials 160
Herb,
Since it does not sound like you are working in a beautifully landscaped
backyard, unless you are into S&M, I am not sure why you want to bury them?
Sign on to Amazon.com and type in:
Easy Gardener Fabric & Garden Staples Commercial Grade Attaches Landscape
Fabric and Turf to Soil (6 inches x 1 inch) Reusable Garden Staple, 1000
Pack
Buy a couple of boxes of these ($60 a box), and you should be set.
Assuming you are laying out 135 ft long radials, and staking them every 8
to 10 ft or so, that should give you enough to stake 120 radials (YMMV -
Your Mileage May Vary); figure on 39 radials per mile of wire for 160 M.
Also, you don't really need 8 or 6 gauge wire; I think most of my radials
are 18 or above (whatever I was able to find on spools at one of the
recycle yards that sold wire by the pound).
I did this for my 2 element 160 phased array, and my 4 sq 80 meter array.
After a year or so, the grass, weeds, or whatever happens to grow out there
will cover them up. I installed my antenna several years ago, and I can't
find the majority of them, unfortunately though, my riding mower seems to
"find" two or three every year, and I have to solder them back together.
Dick, K8ZTT
On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 6:10 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com> wrote:
> You can buy an electric edger that will dig a small shallow line in the
> dirt.
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> On 3/6/2017 4:33 PM, Herb Krumich via TowerTalk wrote:
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>> All winter I have been clearing out a large area to put radials down for
>> a 160 meter antennaI built an antenna which looks like a T between two 90
>> foot towersThe vertical leg is 65 feet and the horizontal is the same.
>> I used it with only a few radials and was pleased with contacts to the
>> west coast from Pa.So here is my questionWhat type of tool can I use to
>> bury the radials an inch or so.My problem is there are quite a few surface
>> rocks that I will have to deal with.Does Home Depot or Lowe's have
>> something ?I was even just thinking about using a pic and draging it
>> backwards
>> Preferable no motors due to the rocksThanksHerb K2LNS
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