Topband: K1FZ ground rod difficulty
Jim Brown
jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Wed Apr 6 18:32:19 EDT 2016
Rob Sherwood published on this in Ham Radio in the '70s. I included his
ideas) with credit, of course, in my tutorial piece on "Getting On
160M," which is really a summary of other peoples' good work on antennas
and radials/counterpoise systems. http://k9yc.com/160MPacificon.pdf Rob
had a small strip of exposed earth between a driveway and his house, and
laid a strip of galvanized welded fencing to serve as a counterpoise. He
says he worked JA with it (from CO).
I guested at PJ4A several years ago and helped string one of the
Beverages. The soil is hard rock (volcanic?) so the termination was a
few 25 ft pieces of wire laying on the ground. It worked.
73, Jim K9YC
On Wed,4/6/2016 12:57 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. One of my former employers built hundreds of Beverage
> antennas using chicken wire ground mats laid on soils with solid
> rock just a few inches below the surface.
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