4 3 inch-90 ft verticals assembled, each with 4 -35 ft top hat guys fitted, 4 vert base's down with insulators, 3 -6ft earth stakes per vert es earth buzz's installed. center control point down with 2 -6 ft earth rods.., electral 1/4 wave feed line rx from Davis RF usa..
Today D7 earth mover cleared the 400 x 400 ft block.@ $250/hr.. Small trencher due in next week $100/day + fuel,est 4 days work !! to put down the copper radials..64 per vert.. gnd is still like concret hi..rabbits dont even dig it .. full costing to come soon hi hi hope yl don't look hi hi
costing 3" x 30 ft Alloy tube x 12............ $AUD 1000 32000ft copper wire "RADIALS"............ 1000 6 ft EARTH STAKES x 14 @ $10........... 140 PHASING LINES DAVIS RF................... 600 LDF5-50 FEED LINE.............................. 300 GUY LINE............................................. 150 CONTROLL/PHASING BOX COMTEK........... ... BASE INSULATORS / MOUNT................ 200 Hire D7 earth mover................................ 250 Back hoe for radials................................ 400 hardware s/s.......................................... 300 brass 4mm screws es nuts washers........ 100 ------ ........................................................... 4400 aud plus cost of control box forgot cost hi.. 5k for a fair 160m array!!
change to costing, as the ground is so hard trench digger carnt handle the ground.. so wot was going to be 4/5 days will turn out to be 16 days gone broke now hi,, so we will do a phased pair of verticals at this stage..thats 8 days of digging.. as said go fishing "but" their aint NO water in de river..hi hi
4 square progress for 160m
Posted - 21 May 2009 : 14:58:52
