Rob Sherwood published on this in Ham Radio in the '70s. I included his
ideas) with credit, of course, in my tutorial piece on "Getting On
160M," which is really a summary of other peoples' good work on antennas
and radials/counterpoise systems. http://k9yc.com/160MPacificon.pdf Rob
had a small strip of exposed earth between a driveway and his house, and
laid a strip of galvanized welded fencing to serve as a counterpoise. He
says he worked JA with it (from CO).
I guested at PJ4A several years ago and helped string one of the
Beverages. The soil is hard rock (volcanic?) so the termination was a
few 25 ft pieces of wire laying on the ground. It worked.
73, Jim K9YC
On Wed,4/6/2016 12:57 PM, donovanf@starpower.net wrote:
Ground rod problems aren't unusual, among the many excellent
alternatives is to use chicken wire laid on the ground or slightly
buried. One of my former employers built hundreds of Beverage
antennas using chicken wire ground mats laid on soils with solid
rock just a few inches below the surface.
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