Re: Topband: Lawn staples
Home Depot also sells "Landscaping Stapes". 6 in. x 1 in. x 6 in. Sod Staples (300-Piece per Bag) for about $26 + tax On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 4:02 PM Mark - N5OT wrote: > I think I gave $18 for a box of 1000 at a hamfest in Joplin MO a couple > years ago. > > Honestly, I can't believe how cool turf staples are, or that I didn't > use them for all the years before that. > > They really are the easy button on putting down radials on the ground. > I use a mower to get the grass as low as I can, then I use my string > trimmer to get it down to pretty much dirt where that individual radial > will go. Then I staple the wire to the ground. Then after a season of > regular grass growth and mowing, you never see them again, but they do > their work. > > I'm a convert. > > 73 - Mark N5OT > > > On 2/22/2022 2:56 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > > On 2/22/2022 12:12 PM, Gene Smar via Topband wrote: > >> HongWay 6 Inch Galvanized Landscape Staples 360 Packs Garden Stakes. > > > > I'm happy with the box I bought from DX Eng several months ago. > > > > 73, Jim K9YC > > _ > > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > > Reflector > > _ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Lawn staples
Gene, My inverted L is at teh edge of my lawn. I have 35 radials in a 200 degress radius in the wooded arear of my yard. I add 6 more radials in the grassy area of my yard in November when finished with the mowing and remove them in the spring. I measure the impedance before and after. The resistance at resonanc goes down as I add the radials. I will be interested in your measurements. Mike N2MS > On 02/22/2022 3:12 PM Gene Smar via Topband wrote: > > > I retired a couple of years ago and no longer have to launder my white dress > shirts. Therefore, I no longer have a ready supply of wire shirt hangers > collecting in my closet. Therefore, I needed to buy some REAL lawn staples > to add more radials to my shunt-fed tower's ground screen. > > BTW - the answer to my question yesterday about laying radials and not > connecting them to my tower before impedance measurements was answered > unanimously (one of one responses) - the wire's presence in the dirt probably > won't make a difference. So I'll add as many radials as I can tolerate > installing and measure Z as I connect them, maybe 5 at a time, to the tower's > ground ring. I'll also measure Z before and after I lay down the additional > radials, but before I connect any. Stay tuned. > 73 deGene Smar AD3F _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Lawn staples
I know how big a staple gun is for 1/4" staples. Is one for 6" staples 24x larger? That would be big. Is it pneumatic? Mark On 2/22/2022 4:09 PM, Ken Claerbout wrote: Areas of my yard have a lot of stone. Six inch staples were a pain to use. Four inch worked better, in case you have similar soil. Also, if you are going to install a bunch of them, do yourself a favor and buy the staple driver tool which makes it a breeze. 73 Ken K4ZW On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 5:02 PM Mark - N5OT wrote: I think I gave $18 for a box of 1000 at a hamfest in Joplin MO a couple years ago. Honestly, I can't believe how cool turf staples are, or that I didn't use them for all the years before that. They really are the easy button on putting down radials on the ground. I use a mower to get the grass as low as I can, then I use my string trimmer to get it down to pretty much dirt where that individual radial will go. Then I staple the wire to the ground. Then after a season of regular grass growth and mowing, you never see them again, but they do their work. I'm a convert. 73 - Mark N5OT On 2/22/2022 2:56 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 2/22/2022 12:12 PM, Gene Smar via Topband wrote: HongWay 6 Inch Galvanized Landscape Staples 360 Packs Garden Stakes. I'm happy with the box I bought from DX Eng several months ago. 73, Jim K9YC _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Lawn staples
Areas of my yard have a lot of stone. Six inch staples were a pain to use. Four inch worked better, in case you have similar soil. Also, if you are going to install a bunch of them, do yourself a favor and buy the staple driver tool which makes it a breeze. 73 Ken K4ZW On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 5:02 PM Mark - N5OT wrote: > I think I gave $18 for a box of 1000 at a hamfest in Joplin MO a couple > years ago. > > Honestly, I can't believe how cool turf staples are, or that I didn't > use them for all the years before that. > > They really are the easy button on putting down radials on the ground. > I use a mower to get the grass as low as I can, then I use my string > trimmer to get it down to pretty much dirt where that individual radial > will go. Then I staple the wire to the ground. Then after a season of > regular grass growth and mowing, you never see them again, but they do > their work. > > I'm a convert. > > 73 - Mark N5OT > > > On 2/22/2022 2:56 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > > On 2/22/2022 12:12 PM, Gene Smar via Topband wrote: > >> HongWay 6 Inch Galvanized Landscape Staples 360 Packs Garden Stakes. > > > > I'm happy with the box I bought from DX Eng several months ago. > > > > 73, Jim K9YC > > _ > > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > > Reflector > > _ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Lawn staples
I think I gave $18 for a box of 1000 at a hamfest in Joplin MO a couple years ago. Honestly, I can't believe how cool turf staples are, or that I didn't use them for all the years before that. They really are the easy button on putting down radials on the ground. I use a mower to get the grass as low as I can, then I use my string trimmer to get it down to pretty much dirt where that individual radial will go. Then I staple the wire to the ground. Then after a season of regular grass growth and mowing, you never see them again, but they do their work. I'm a convert. 73 - Mark N5OT On 2/22/2022 2:56 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 2/22/2022 12:12 PM, Gene Smar via Topband wrote: HongWay 6 Inch Galvanized Landscape Staples 360 Packs Garden Stakes. I'm happy with the box I bought from DX Eng several months ago. 73, Jim K9YC _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Lawn staples
On 2/22/2022 12:12 PM, Gene Smar via Topband wrote: HongWay 6 Inch Galvanized Landscape Staples 360 Packs Garden Stakes. I'm happy with the box I bought from DX Eng several months ago. 73, Jim K9YC _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Topband: Lawn staples
I retired a couple of years ago and no longer have to launder my white dress shirts. Therefore, I no longer have a ready supply of wire shirt hangers collecting in my closet. Therefore, I needed to buy some REAL lawn staples to add more radials to my shunt-fed tower's ground screen. FYI - here they are: HongWay 6 Inch Galvanized Landscape Staples 360 Packs Garden Stakes. Amazon has them for $27 for a box of 360. I'm sure I could have found them at a local farm supply store, etc. but they will be delivered free of shipping costs to my front door tomorrow. BTW - the answer to my question yesterday about laying radials and not connecting them to my tower before impedance measurements was answered unanimously (one of one responses) - the wire's presence in the dirt probably won't make a difference. So I'll add as many radials as I can tolerate installing and measure Z as I connect them, maybe 5 at a time, to the tower's ground ring. I'll also measure Z before and after I lay down the additional radials, but before I connect any. Stay tuned. 73 deGene Smar AD3F _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
