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Subject: [AMPS] Ground rods?
From: measures@vcnet.com (measures)
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 22:34:41 -0700
>
>measures wrote:
>
>>?  During the 1950s, the US Army discovered that HF only penetrates a few 
>>inches into moist soil  The need for a long ground that hits the water 
>>table  is yet another old wives's tale of ham radio.  The lowest Z HF gnd 
>>is large, flat, and near the surface.  
>
>And an old wives tale of the commercial communication industry as well, 
>huh Rich?
>
>Of course if the soil is "moist" there is no problem with the ground as 
>moist soil provides the lossy conductivity one needs.  But what if the 
>soil isn't moist?  

Like the floor of a blimp hangar, where it never rains.  .  

> Getting down to the ground water is ......

...... an old wives' tale.  

-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  


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