Years ago my wife Mary, N8DMM used a 12' piece of 3/8" diameter aluminum tubing like a long sewing needle to thread 160 and 80 meter radials under heavy brush. It worked very well. A piece of 1/2" tubing was used to splice two pieces together the few times we needed a longer "needle"
73 Pete - N8TR At 07:27 PM 8/11/2012, Jeff wrote: >Another economical and light weight method of pushing wire through brush >would be to use a 10' piece of 1/2" PVC or plastic electrical conduit. In >the case of the electrical conduit it can be extended by adding multiple >pieces together for greater length. It's lite weight and flexible enough to >bounce it with one hand over things like roots or stones that might get in >the way. If you don't want to carry 10' lengths of plastic pipes around, >look in the big box stores or electrical suppliers for threaded push rods >made of fiberglass. Typically they come in 4' sections with 4 or 5 in pack >that threat one onto the other and are brightly colored. That makes it easy >to find in the leaves and twigs. Just tape your wire on to the end and >push. Autumn is coming, time to get those TB antennas back in the air. >W7JW _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
