[Antennas] questions about radials

[Dan Richardson]

At 12:59 PM 11/27/2005, you wrote:
>  1. would going to say 14 or 12 wire help the ground system,or would I 
> not notice any difference?

There would be no noticeable difference in signal improvements, but heaver 
wire will be physically stronger and will last longer.

>  2. should I stay with insulated wire or go with un insulated wire? 
> Everything Ive read so far is about 50/50 on a answer to this.

Modeling using NEC4 shows that any difference to be a very small fraction 
which would never be noticed in antenna operation.

>  3. cushcraft says 2/4 inches below the ground if you bury the wires yes/no?

Yes.


>  My neighbor just buried about 500 foot of invisible dog fence wire 
> ,using a easy trencher he rented from lowes.looks like a perfect way for 
> me to do the radials. Has any one else tried this machine ? a sharpened 
> stright shovel ...sharp as a knife... wouldn't cut thru this " local 
> grass" SO THE SPADE AND BURY thing won't work here.

In the past I have used a gasoline powered lawn edger. However, I installed 
two blades (doubling the width of the cut) for cutting trough grass and 
rather hard soils. It works well, but a bit dirty - be sure to wear eye 
protection and be ready to take a shower when you're done. <G>

Hope this helps.

73
Danny, K6MHE

http://k6mhe.com/







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