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Re: Topband: Radials in the desert

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Subject: Re: Topband: Radials in the desert
From: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>
Reply-to: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:55:47 +0000 (UTC)
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Once a driveway was in the way of radials ... a cement blade on a circular saw 
fixed that. That may work FB on soft sandstone.
73, Mike WA5POK 

    On Wednesday, June 20, 2018 9:23 AM, MICHAEL ST ANGELO 
<mstangelo@comcast.net> 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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