On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 14:25:19 EDT, Aidehua@aol.com wrote:
>Would it be helpful to drive 8 foot ground
>rods at the bottom of the seven foot hole if the rest of the rods are only in
>the ground 7 feet or so?
In general, more is better -- more rods, deeper, wider spacing, but all tied
together.
>Will this disparity of different depths enhance or
>diminish what I am trying to accomplish?
It won't hurt a thing.
Note that ground rods primarily enhance SAFETY ground, not antenna performance.
Of course, if you are end loading an antenna against ground,
anything you do to reduce the impedance to ground at the transmitting frequency
will increase antenna current, which will help RF performance.
Jim K9YC
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