Re: Topband: Radials in the desert

[Brian Pease <bpease2@myfairpoint.net>]

One partial solution might be to collect small rocks and place them 
along each radial on top of the wire close enough together to provide 
clear visual cues.
On 6/20/2018 9:23 AM, MICHAEL ST ANGELO wrote:
> Chet,
>
> Have you tried digging a shallow trench with an edge trimmer? They are also 
> known as edgers.
>
> Mike N2MS
>
>
> > On June 20, 2018 at 8:06 AM Chester Latawiec <chetlat@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Any suggestions on burying radials in the desert sands of Kingman AZ?  Radials 
> > placed on the surface just stay there and are constant tripping hazards.
> > The desert sand is like rock.  The top 1/4 inch is loose sand but below that 
> > it's like rock.  You vertually need a pick axe to loosen the sublayer.  One 
> > option is to pick axe a shallow trench for each radial in the desert sun, but 
> > tripping over the radials would be a better alternative.
> > Any suggestions?
> > I'm really getting tired of tripping over the radials of Jess, AI9L's radial 
> > field.
> > 73
> > Chet VE3CFK
> >
> >
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