Topband: K1FZ ground rod difficulty

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Hi Mike, 


Yes, I meant use of XELEDOP to measure the patterns of arrays 
of Beverage antennas. The results of XELEDOP measurements 
of the patterns of a large electrically steerable array of 220 foot 
Beverages used from about 7-30 MHz were never published. 


I'm sorry I wasn't clearer by failing to clarify that the XELODOP 
reference was for pattern measurements of a log periodic antenna. 


73 
Frank 
W3LPL 


----- Original Message -----

From: "Mike Waters" <mikewate at gmail.com> 
To: "Frank Donovan" <donovanf at starpower.net> 
Cc: "topband" <topband at contesting.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 8:25:39 PM 
Subject: Re: Topband: K1FZ ground rod difficulty 




On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 2:57 PM, < donovanf at starpower.net > wrote: 


Ground rod problems aren't unusual, among the many excellent alternatives is to use chicken wire laid on the ground or slightly buried. 




Bingo!!!! KM1H has shallow soil, and he uses some kind of plastic-coated welded wire fencing with good results. I forget the details, but he's posted lots of info about that on qrz.com and/or eham.net . 

<blockquote>
One of my former employers built hundreds of Beverage antennas ... http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=AD0630092 
</blockquote>



Frank, did you mean Beverage antennas? That PDF appeared to be about a log periodic. 


If you did mean Beverages, where was the chicken wire located in relation to them? 


73, Mike 

www.w0btu.com