>
>I live on sandy soil into which I can easily "water jet" scrapped copper
>plumbing pipe. It would seem that using such a grounding method would be
>superior to copper plated electrical ground rods since I don't need to go
>down very far to hit water. As I understand it, the larger the surface area
>on a ground, the better! Anybody using this relatively cheap material for
>grounding?
>
? 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.
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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