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Bill Turner · September 28th 06, 05:27 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

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On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:13:54 GMT, (Ron
Goldstein--KA2IIA) wrote:

A friend of mine told me that at Dayton, over the past few years, he has seen a
tool that looks like a lineoleum knife with a small tube welded onto it for
cutting the earth and burying an antenna radial at the same time. You feed the
wire through the tube, and as the tool cuts the earth, it dispenses and buries
the wire. Has anyone seen this tool, and who makes it ??? Where can I buy one
???

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This isn't what you asked, but you might consider not burying the
radials at all unless you have to. Radials on top of the ground are
slightly more efficient because the RF energy does not have to
penetrate the lossy earth to reach the radials. If you have grass,
just lay the radials down and tack them in place with some homemade
staples. In a few months the grass will grow over them and you'll
never see them again.

Of course, if you're putting them on top of bare earth, you may have
to bury them for safety reasons.

Just a thought.

Bill, W6WRT