On Tue, 10 May 2005 18:39:16 -0700, Roy Lewallen
wrote:

Gary wrote:
I'm thinking of tossing up a G5RV and perhaps using it at times on 160
meters by shorting the braid and center conductor. What do I need for
buried radials ? Will several 40' - 50' radials work satisfactorially
or would one ~125' radial be best ? I could run a 125' radial but not
in a straight line

Several shorter radials will definitely be better than a single long one.

I'm planning on using No. 14 Ga solid insulated wire. I think I've
read in this newsgroup that the buried wire doesn't have to be bare ?

Yes, that's correct.

Also does anyone have a more elegant way of shorting the inner
conductor and braid together than the half axxed contraption I'd
cobble together ?

It's hard to say how to make something better than something for which
we have no description. Surely it can't be too hard to short two
conductors together.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Thanks Roy, I can certainly short two conductors together. I was just
thinking of minimizing any amount of stray RF that might arrise given
my propensity to make Rube Goldberg type contraptions out of something
that should be an easy task.

Gary