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1. [TowerTalk] Ground Systems (score: 1): Author: davidw@copper.net (David J. Windisch); Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 06:45:46 -0400; I posted a similar msg to other groups, and now this one, to get a wide selection of ideas: This week, I bought a house on the north end of a flat 1-acre "mesa" plot, at around 900' ASL, on old farml; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00506.html (8,027 bytes)
2. [TowerTalk] Ground Systems (score: 1): Author: K3BU@aol.com (K3BU@aol.com); Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 07:57:38 EDT; wires The ideal thing to do, cover the largest area with grid you can, you will have close to perfect ground for any antenna, especially vertically polarized. GL Yuri List Sponsored by AN Wireless: A; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00509.html (7,389 bytes)
3. [TowerTalk] Ground systems (score: 1): Author: w8ji.tom@MCIONE.com (w8ji.tom); Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 10:18:22 -0500; Hi George, This "radial stuff" goes on and on. Probably the main reason it continues is few of us like to do a lot work or spend a lot of money. Because of that, there is a tendency to look for that; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-12/msg00398.html (11,314 bytes)
4. [TowerTalk] GROUND SYSTEMS (score: 1): Author: "K0DAN" <k0dan@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:13:44 -0500; As part of my Summer, 2010 tower maintenance project, I'm doing maintenance on my 1980's vintage Tri-Ex LM470D which has been at this QTH since about 1999. Each tower leg has its own ground rod, all; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-07/msg00424.html (8,555 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] GROUND SYSTEMS (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:32:48 EDT; Copper strap is REALLY expensive! Has anyone used welding cable with any success and longevity? Other materials? My #4 grounds are OK, but how to get a lower impedance ground system without taking ou; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-07/msg00430.html (7,304 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] GROUND SYSTEMS (score: 1): Author: "Gary Schafer" <garyschafer@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:54:22 -0500; Why bother flattening it? It has the same surface area when it is left round. 73 Gary K4FMX _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk m; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-07/msg00433.html (8,595 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] GROUND SYSTEMS (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:20:16 EDT; Why bother flattening it? It has the same surface area when it is left round. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was told that lightning prefers a flat surfac; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-07/msg00434.html (7,396 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] GROUND SYSTEMS (score: 1): Author: "Gary Schafer" <garyschafer@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:48:14 -0500; Hi Bill, Lightning doesn't really care what shape the conductor is as long as it has a low impedance. Round works just as well as flat for a given amount of surface area. The reason that copper stra; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-07/msg00437.html (8,587 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] GROUND SYSTEMS (score: 1): Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:59:46 -0700; A round tube has basically the same inductance as the same tube flattened (within a few percent) For a given amount of copper, a strip is better than a solid wire, but between hollow tube and strip,; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-07/msg00438.html (8,309 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] GROUND SYSTEMS (score: 1): Author: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>; Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:44:49 -0400; Even with the increased price of copper these days, 3/4" thinwall copper tubing is still pretty cheap. I recall that someone a few years ago had, on a web page, a RF grounding installation made entir; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-07/msg00442.html (10,177 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] GROUND SYSTEMS (score: 1): Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:09:08 -0700; I've been trying to come up with a good simple conceptual explanation for why this is, and I'm going to draw some pictures and post it eventually, but here goes, in words alone.. Imagine that the tub; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-07/msg00449.html (11,826 bytes)

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