What about pushing them thru holes in the wall? I do that with the radials for a pair of 2 wire Beverages that terminate at trees right at the wall which has been there since at least the early 1800's.
If you have to push 2-3 thru the same hole it shouldnt matter. Carl KM1H ----- Original Message ----- From: "N2TK, Tony" <tony....@verizon.net> To: "'topband'" <topband@contesting.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 11:17 AM Subject: Topband: Radials over a stone wall >I shunt feed my tower for topband. I use variable vacuum caps and a vacuum > relay at the base to switch between the low end and the high end of the > band. It seems to work okay. I have 100' buried radials spaced 10' at the > ends from o degrees going clockwise through about 220 degrees. I have a 4' > high stone wall that runs about 20/200 degrees that is about 35' at its > closest point to the tower. So the radials are progressively shorter on > the > West side of the tower. > > > > I am making an assumption that going up over the wall will distort any > benefits of extending the radials on the West side? Is that a true > assumption. > > I can't really have the radials go from the tower base up at an angle to > clear the stone wall and continue on. If I am to extend them the radials > would have to go on the ground to the wall then up and over and back down > to > the ground. > > > > 73, > > N2TK, Tony > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2437/5191 - Release Date: 08/10/12 > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK