Thanks all.
I have located a supplier of 1.5 mm building wire for a similar price as
mentioned. This will save me a couple hundred bucks and give me more robust
wire.
I have been looking at the various sources for details of a suitable radial
plow and will consider my options.
Close in to
Hi Adrian,
Google is your friend, search for "radial plow"
Good luck
73
Frank
W3LPL
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From: "vk2wf"
To: "VK3HJ" , topband@contesting.com
Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2018 1:52:24 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Laying ground r
Hi LukeI have similar circumstance. I used the sharp point of a
mattock.73Adrian VK2WF
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Original message From: VK3HJ
Date: 7/6/18 1:31 am (GMT+01:00) To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband:
Laying ground
when I buried all of the cables for my tower 100m from the shack, a
neighbor used his small tractor to pull an ancient small modified plow.
The left side of the blade was removed, so it cut a small furrow and
flipped the lawn and field sod to just one side. This took 10-15
minutes. I stood
I pulled >1500' of 1" pvc water line in glued together 200' lengths 8"
beneath an adobe cattle pasture using a Kellems swivel grip attached to
a single point ripper on a 70hp tractor.My ripper was 1" plate on a
3 point hitch so start and stop was easy. A hole was dug at each 200'
joint to
Later this year, I plan to lay down an in-ground radial field. I have
sourced a copper wire supplier and have costed approximately 2000 m of 1.2
mm bare copper at around $800.
Presently, I use an elevated counterpoise of 4 x quarterwave radials each
for 180 and 80 m.
I need to lay the wire
