Hi Gary,
Salts are a terrible ground enhancement because it can damage your
ground system, cause environmental damage and it requires frequent
replenishment as its washed away.
Radials or chicken wire laid on the ground or slightly buried are
much more effective that a single ground rod no matter how much
enhancement you make to your ground rod.
73
Frank
W3LPL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>
To: Topband@contesting.com
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 4:20:22 AM
Subject: Topband: Epsom salts & Rx Antennas
The earlier discussion about Epsom Salts
and Beverage grounds got me to thinking
about my active antennas and if it might
be helpful for my situation.
I have 8 antennas (the Hi-Z Pro 8
element), the base of these acts as the
ground rod. The soil conditions I had to
put the bases in are markedly different
from one another. Some of the bases are
definitely in good soil but several of
them are in such impossibly rocky ground
that it took dozens of tries to get the
rod 2' deep & with that, they were
surrounded by stones from the top, down
and there's very little soil around them.
I'm wondering if anyone has had a poor
location for active antennas like these
and used something like Epsom salts to
help get a better ground.
If so, did it help you & how did you find
it helped?
How did you apply it?
Thanks & 73,
Gary
KA1J
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