Topband: Ground for K9AY Loop

[Stan Stockton]

Put a garden hose put there and run it for several hours.  Then find a
strong 18-35 year old to drive the ground rod.

Stan, K5GO

On Tue, Oct 15, 2019, 1:10 PM N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net> wrote:

> The loop is finished, but I'm having a devil of a time getting a ground
> rod in at the base.  It's been over a month since the last rain here,
> and the soil is really hard.  Seems like I read someplace that you could
> substitute a couple of 50-foot on the ground radials for a ground rod if
> necessary.  True?
>
> PS even without the ground, or the feedline chokes, directivity seems
> pretty good on high AM BC stations.
>
> Any advice much appreciated.
>
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> 73, Pete N4ZR
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