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1. [TowerTalk] Ground radials (score: 1): Author: Jason Buchanan <jsb@digistar.com>; Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 19:15:05 -0500; I have a push up mast against the side of the house and am wondering what there might be to be gained by adding some ground radials from the base of the pole in a half moon shape away from the side o; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-12/msg00061.html (7,157 bytes)
2. [TowerTalk] Ground radials (score: 1): Author: "Tom Champlin" <w0hh@msn.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:24:04 -0600; Did any one ever decide which was best, bare wire radials or insulated. I have several thousand feet of #14 stranded with insulation. I also have a few hundred feet of #6 bare copper. Does it matter; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-12/msg00692.html (7,081 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground radials (score: 1): Author: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:37:15 -0500; Tom: Electrically it doesn't make a difference whether the wire's insulated or not. Mechanically, the insulation gives you a significant degree of protection against corrosion and eventual disappeara; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-12/msg00695.html (8,885 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground radials (score: 1): Author: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:26:36 -0800; I've ordered my copy of NEC 4.1 for some serious modeling, but... Off hand, I'd guess that insulated makes no difference. You're going to be capacitively coupling to the soil as much as resistively.; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-12/msg00698.html (9,538 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground radials (score: 1): Author: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:32:50 -0800; insulated wire. Purely speculative question here.. does insulated wire suck up water by capillary action more or less. For stranded, it's probably a wash, but, off hand, I'd think solid better than s; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-12/msg00699.html (9,329 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground radials (score: 1): Author: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 00:56:13 -0500; Jim: 73 de Gene Smar AD3F off I never thought about it, and I haven't observed any degradation in performance of the solid vs stranded wires in my radial field. (not that I'd be able to tell anyway.); /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-12/msg00700.html (11,297 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground radials (score: 1): Author: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 22:11:19 -0800; <towertalk@contesting.com> another Excellent point.. connecting to aluminum is a real pain.. It can be done, but the extra hassles probably cost more in dollars and time than you'd save by using it; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-12/msg00701.html (9,497 bytes)
8. [TowerTalk] ground radials (score: 1): Author: "Larry Stowell" <lclarks@nc.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:43:58 -0400; FYI A place called Gardner's Supply has "earth anchors" on sale for $1.99 for 15. They look like they would be good for pinning down verticle ground wires? Larry K1ZW Durham, NC _____________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-08/msg00343.html (7,256 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] ground radials (score: 1): Author: "Larry Stowell" <lclarks@nc.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:47:12 -0400; Sorry I forgot the url http://www.gardeners.com/Shopping/sell.asp?SC=HNA70083&ProdGroupID=11858&DeptPGID=19683 _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-08/msg00345.html (7,727 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] ground radials (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@comcast.net (Phil Camera); Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:48:12 +0000; And, not trying to be snippy, a place called Farm N Fleet has 14 gauge galvanized electric fence wire at 1/4 mile for about $13. I loop a length over my hand , sideways, cut it, and then bend is a li; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-08/msg00346.html (8,085 bytes)
11. [TowerTalk] Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: jmltinc@aol.com; Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:08:32 -0400; Hi all, After some sound advice from the folks on the Topband reflector, I have decided to install on or in ground radials for a shunt fed vertical (rather than elevated radials). I know that within; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00139.html (7,532 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: Don Havlicek <n8de@thepoint.net>; Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:19:41 -0400; Sounds like buried is your best option .. unless you like replacing them when the dethatcher chews them up. You can make a burying tool that will put them down a few inches without having to dig tren; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00140.html (8,408 bytes)
13. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 18:16:40 -0400; We only do that about every 3 or 4 years, but we're considering a mulching mower. The dethatcher probably goes down at least a couple of inches unless the ground is dry and hard. Ours does a lot mor; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00144.html (8,769 bytes)
14. [TowerTalk] ground radials (score: 1): Author: w5jmw@towerfarm.net; Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 11:24:27 -0600; is galvanized fence wire ok for ground radials? thanks _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com; /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-02/msg00259.html (6,799 bytes)
15. Re: [TowerTalk] ground radials (score: 1): Author: n8de@thepoint.net; Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 12:32:21 -0500; It will work ... until it oxidizes and deteriorates. Even the galvanization won't prevent that. Look for large rolls of multi-conductor wire ... lots of them are available from many sources. Remove t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-02/msg00260.html (7,359 bytes)
16. Re: [TowerTalk] ground radials (score: 1): Author: <n0tt1@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:15:45 +0000; I once had a conversation with W2FMI (of the shortened vertical antenna fame in 1970's QST)...and I asked him that very question. He said "So what if it rusts? Rusty wire is far less lossy than the s; /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-02/msg00261.html (7,649 bytes)
17. Re: [TowerTalk] ground radials (score: 1): Author: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>; Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 11:08:40 -0800; On Fri,2/19/2016 10:15 AM, n0tt1@juno.com wrote: I used the galvanized fence wire for radials in a 40m 4-square.... 120 radials per element. I just pinned them down to into the grass...didn't bury it; /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-02/msg00262.html (8,009 bytes)
18. Re: [TowerTalk] ground radials (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 15:15:31 -0500; It will work fine, but depending on the soil and the type of rain you get, it will rust, fast, or slow, but will eventually need replacing. Around here (central Mi) the soil would quite corrosive, bu; /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-02/msg00271.html (9,393 bytes)

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