Good luck. No. You might be able to couple microwaves into the pipe as a waveguide but the leakage would be absorbed by the soil. I want to try sonar, like a fish finder type of device. Couple it into a water tray that is connected to the earth to see if you can see into the mud. Some depth location devices claim to be able to penetrate mud.
Ground penetrating radar sucks even under ideal conditions. Low resolution and low range. Worse in highly conductive soils like we have here in Utah. I have heard of systems that inject a sound in a pipe and you can detect it on the surface. That may be something worth trying. Especially if they have water, it ought to conduct sound pretty well. From: Steve Jones Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 11:26 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: [AFMUG] Water and rf I assume no, but i need one of you nerds to verify. If im trying to find plastic water lines, is there a frequency that would travel through water as the conductor? If I use a plug at the spigot with a nail in it for my positive probe wire and the same for a ground elsewhere in the water circuit, it is possible to get a detectable signal on a utility locator? im assuming since submarines have to surface to communicate my question has long since been answered -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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