Topband: Beverage grounds

[Richard Karlquist]

I have used both ground rods and radials and
both seem to work about the same, although I
haven't done a real A/B comparison.  However,
when I used radials, I typically would have
3 or 4 quarter-wave radials on each band, 160, 80,
and 40.  That is a bunch of wire!  I wouldn't
expect seven 10' radials to do a whole lot
on 160.

Rick Karlquist    N6RK
richard@karlquist.com
www.n6rk.com
www.karlquist.com 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: topband-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:topband-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Larry Molitor
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 6:32 AM
> To: Donald Chester; topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Beverage grounds
> 
> 
> At 04:15 AM 2/25/02 +0000, Donald Chester wrote:
> 
> >I would like to hear from anyone with experience with the 
> methods of 
> >grounding beverages (ground rod, radials or both).  I 
> started out with 
> >mine using ground rods only.  Later, added seven 10' 
> radials to each end, 
> >connecting them to the existing ground rods.  I don't 
> notice much, if any 
> >difference, but the comparison is highly subjective since 
> I didn't try 
> >instant A/B comparisons with/without radials.  Just wonder 
> if anyone has 
> >tried this, and what were their observations.
> 
>
>