[Elecraft] On ground - in ground radials

[Gary Peterson]

A friend was installing a homebrew, two tower, vertical directional array in his back yard.  His method of placing the copper wire radials below the surface of the ground was quite unusual.  He slowly crept along the ground on his hands and knees, while pushing a skil-saw, with carbide blade, against the ground.  After sawing a slot, he poked the wire in with a homemade, forked tool.  Stomping on the ground closed the opening.  I don’t recall how many carbide tipped saw blades it took.  His neighbors were probably questioning his sanity.

Gary, K0CX  

With regard to installing radials on the ground:

I used a weed whacker configured as an edge trimmer to make a cut through
the grass.  Feed the radial wire in the slit and use staples as Bob
suggests to secure the wire.  In a month or so, the grass grows over the
wire and poses no problem mowing.  Ed Deichler 

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