Topband: beverage dc ground resistance

[Jim Brown]

Earth is pretty lossy most places. An ohmeter measuring the series 
circuit that includes earth and my 600 ft Beverage read about 20K 
ohms before adding the termination. They're in a dense redwood 
forest, which I'm guessing is probably slightly better than average 
ground conductivity, and it was at the end of a dry part of a very 
wet year (no rain for about four months) when I made the 
measurement. I have about 7 ft of a copper clad rod in the ground on 
both ends, no radials. 

73,

Jim K9YC

>What should my feed end resistance be on a beverage to ground?