Right-o, Don.
And we recently spent beaucoup bucks replastering the pool!
:-)
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From: n8de@thepoint.net
> I agree with Bob ..
>
> One thing to remember ... fresh [lake] water is not very conductive ..
> pour a couple 100 # bags of rock salt in the lake .. and then see what
> the water gods say!
>
> Don
> N8DE
>
> Quoting Robert Chudek - K0RC :
>
> > Oh boy... Peter...
> >
> > Too many thunderstorms, eh??? Coincidence??? I think not... it's
> > obvious you have made the "water gods" extremely upset with your
> > shenanigans... putting one end of your antenna into the pool...
> > sheesh... you'd better jerk that wire out of there before the water
> > gods alert the lightning gods about what you have done!
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
> >
> >
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> > Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:51:45 +0000
> > From: w2cdo@comcast.net
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] vertical ground experiment
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> > So I ran a ground wire from my 80 meter inverted L (60' up, 7'
> > across) to my in-ground 30,000 gallon swimming pool and dropped the
> > bare copper into the water. The total length of the path created is
> > about 65'. Anyone ever try this? Loads up fine but since I did it
> > there have been too many lurking T-storms to really try it.
> >
> > Peter W2CDO
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