Gery,
You might consider just wire and not run it in straight lines to gain 
length - have it wander around the available space.  An lawn edging 
tool should work to bury the wire and nature will finish the burial 
and then you can mow in safety.
Pat, K9JAUAt 02:15 PM 1/14/2010, you wrote:
>Boy, copper wire is expenssive.  Thinking really hard about getting a few f=
>eet of copper just to make some short radials and getting a roll of chicken=
>  wire.  I can put 3 feet by 20 feet on one side and probably close to that =
>on the other.  in front of the antenna I can get probably 3 feet by 5 and a=
>bout the same in the back.  I even thought about making some frames with wo=
>od or pvc pipe so that I can pick them up for grass cutting.  If I make the=
>  frames and have the wire on the under side it would be easy to pick up.
>
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