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Old October 15th 08, 06:09 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
JIMMIE JIMMIE is offline
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Default Locating underground conduit

On Oct 15, 1:17*am, Ed wrote:
* *I know this is slightly off topic, *but since I am intending to run
some RF cable in the conduit, *and since there are a lot of intelligent
hams on this group, *I will proceed anyway:

* *Last year at the beginning of construction of a new house I buried
about 50 feet of *3/4" Sched. 40 PVD between the house and a location on
the property perimeter. * Now that I am ready to use it, *I can not
locate the perimeter end.... it is somewhere in about a 10' area, and the
end curves up to probably about a foot underground.

* * The ground is nearly pure sand, and is well landscaped now to the
point that I do not want to randomly dig it up.

* * The end terminated in an elbow curving up and is well duct taped
shut.

* * Can anyone suggest a method or equipment I might use to locate that
far end?

* * Tnx.

* *Ed * K7AAT


Ive done this to locate wires in walls, might work for wires in
ground.

Make a buzzer form a relay by attaching the NC contacts in series with
the coil and battery.
Connect it to a wire running through the conduit making sure the wire
is not connected to power. The buzzer will generate enough hash you
can pick it up on a pocket AM rx.

Jimmie