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Old March 13th 07, 08:06 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Vertical above the ground-plane

Irv Finkleman wrote:
I've had a chunk of RG-213 running across my back lawn for 5 years or
so. It was laid on, but has gradually been absorbed by the grass. From day one
it has never even come close to the lawnmower blade and I keep my grass
fairly short. The same with radial wires! Consider giving it a shot.

Irv VE6BP

Buck wrote:


The mower folk will run over it without thinking if it is on the
ground, but the radials can be carried out of the way.


I cut a small trench with a weed eater and put my RG-8 line in that,
held in with some galvanized fence wire cut to about a foot long and
bent into a "U" shape, one "U" every three feet or so. After five years
I have a hard time finding it, let alone cutting it with the lawn mower,
give that a try!

73,
W8LNA