OM,
Here is how I solved the problem.
I went to a thrift store and got a working electric lawn edger. I used
it to cut slots
in the sod about an inch deep. Poked the wire into the slots. The slots
"heal"
in about a month.
The technique is to start at the center and walk backwards, pulling the
edger
as you go. Be sure to wear eye protection. I've used this method on 2
separate
ground screens with good results.
73
Tim K3HX
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 07:36:18 -0500 "Fred Cresce" <fcresce@comcast.net>
writes:
> Hello Fellow TopBand ops,
> I have a small "wonder" vertical on my wooded lot. And I would like
> to construct an inverted L , also needing a ground screen. There's
> about 50 radials for both antennas already laid out on the ground
> with some sod staples holding the radials down. I'm one of those
> types of fellows who likes to keep the lot clean and fairly free
> from the leaves and the twigs and branches. My ground radials are
> really catching hell from the raking.I also notice on my clumsy
> days, that I'm tripping over these radial wires too. Blowing leaves
> with my backpack blower is better, but there is a time where they
> need to be raked into the Chipper / shredder machine.I might answer
> my own question here. It looks like I have to use a LOT more sod
> clamps every couple of feet to nail down these radials, before I
> destroy my entire RF system. Are there other ways to create a ground
> screen? I understand that chicken wire is a good thing for RF
> ground, but how much of that would be equal to the individual wires
> I'm using now? What are the rest of yous guys doing that have ground
> radials in a woods situation? I would appreciate some innovative
> ways around this ground radial problem.
> Thanks for any help.
> Fred KC4MOP
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