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Subject: Topband: Beverage ground rod substitute
From: Thomas <ac7a@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 8:46:56 -0500
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All of this talk about a short Beverage antenna has me thinking I just might be 
able to install one 250-280' E-W wire. One issue would be the ground rod. The 
earth here  is Caliche which is quite similar in properties to concrete, so I 
can't drive a ground rod into it. I've thought about using short buried radials 
like I do with my K9AY, but the Beverage termination points will be in the 
extreme corners of my lot.

Any ideas what could be substituted and might work as well as the simple ground 
rod earth? It is funny I find myself attempting to make the proverbial silk 
purse from the sow's ear! 

Tnx, Thomas - AC7A (Tucson)
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