Topband: Beverage Crow's Foot Ground Wire Pattern

[Mike Waters]

Or frozen soil. :-)

When I first installed my NE-SW 2-wire Beverage, signals off the SW
(reverse/feed) end were weak. The quick fix was to pour a hot concentrated
solution of Epsom salts around the rod.

I think part of the problem was that the ground rod was not making good
contact with the soil near the surface. (That's often typical of a
freshly-driven-in rod.) The experience is described at
www.w0btu.com/Beverage_antennas.html#Beverage_antenna_grounds

The radials I had there are probably gone now; there's just the two
copper-clad ground rods, and I still hear VKs and ZLs off the reverse end.

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Tom W8JI <w8ji at w8ji.com> wrote:

> Unless you are on permafrost, dry sand, or some other terrible soil just a
> couple ground rods are more than enough.  A few short radials are just
> extra insurance if the soil is questionable.
>