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How the Partnership Between Kansas 811 and One Call Concepts Serves You It probably goes without saying, but I’ve never let that stop me from saying something anyway, that almost of the readers that will enjoy this article are familiar with Kansas 811 or Kansas One-call as it is also known. Kansas 811 got its start back in 1978 as “Kan-U-Dig-It”, makes me wonder if Don Corenlius was on the board at that time! Later they adopted the moniker of the Kansas One Call System in

NEW higher GPS antenna The button on your shirt or the eraser off the pencil behind your ear have the same measurements as the accuracy of the RD8200SG. The RD8200SG has 1-2 cm accuracy! The 8200SG is equipped with a specially designed survey-grade GNSS/RTK antenna, enabling RTK positioning. In contrast, the 8200G includes a standard internal GPS for mapping and logging purposes. This difference allows the SG to attain much higher absolute position accuracy, faster and more

It was my pleasure to host our second annual Kansas State Locate Rodeo on September 11th, 2025 along with Kansas One Call. Arch York Sr. (Kansas One Call) and I have been helping conduct events like this for the past 15 years across several states and truly it is one of my favorite days of the entire work year. Underground utility locating is a very tough job where an operator is attempting to find facilities made of various materials, installed all sorts of ways, and ta

I had someone recently tell me the GIS boom was fifteen years ago. With all due respect I wholeheartedly disagree.

Video explaining what frequency you should use for what you are locating

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Simply understanding the fundamentals of locating reduces the likelihood of misplacement, thereby also lowering the risk of an excavator unearthing a pipe. Globally, there are 20 million miles of underground utilities. In the United States alone, there are 20,000 incidents of damage to these utilities each month.

Whether antennas are called peak, null, omni, or 3D, there are only two ways to read an electromagnetic field, vertically and horizontally. Ideally, to resolve the interference of parasitic capacitance and inductance (stray electric signal), these antennas should have adequate spacing between them. Vertical antennas (Null) have the ability to exam field strength in relation to the polarity of an electromagnetic field which allows for field guidance, but within limits when an

A line locator is a simple tool to detect electromagnetic fields. The receiver picks up an electrical induced charge when crossing through a moving electromagnetic field. The current being generated within the receiver indicates the presence of a signal. The stronger the signal, the greater the induced current. As the receiver is moved horizontally through the electromagnetic field, current increases and decreases relative to that proximity. The amount of current the recei

Using acoustical locating for finding plastic water lines. Demonstrating the Radiodetection electronic transonde and FCS DXmic.