On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 22:54:49 +0100, catz wrote:

I'm planning to put up a Butternut HF2V, so... thinking about burying
some radials.
Questions...
I have moles in my land, do they eat radials?
What is the best wire to use, ie most durable for buried radials?
Will I be better off with elevated tuned counterpoise wires?
Any advice?

Tks...

73

Not sure about moles.

But at a previous house with a pier & beam foundation, I had telephone
wires running in the crawl space under the house, along the top of the
dirt, and howling feral cats in heat chewed the daylights out of the
wires. Broke my telephone connection.

Telephone guy came out and he asked what the hell kind of animals I
had under the house. Said the wires were mangled beyond belief.

He installed a new set of wires up on the house walls, with the wires
firmly stapled in place. That solved the problem.

I'm guessing the cats liked the flavor of the insulation.

Bob
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