Re: [TowerTalk] Verticals and well pipe grounding

[Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>]

On Sat,2/6/2016 9:00 AM, Kevin Kidd wrote:
> If you have any semblance of a radial ground system, I don't find this
> surprising.
A connection to the earth does NOT make our antennas work better unless 
that connection is to a body of salt water!  The earth is a big 
resistor. The function of radials is to SHIELD our antenna from the 
earth, and provide a low resistance return for antenna current and fields.
73, Jim K9YC
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