Topband: Ground Conductivity

[Jim Brown]

On 3/23/2020 9:05 PM, donovanf at starpower.net wrote:
> Excellent skin depth reference here:
> 
> www.antennasbyn6lf.com/files/ground_skin_depth_and_wavelength.pdf  
> 
Rudy is a great reference for anything he's chosen to study. An 
excellent engineer and scientist.
> 
> Ground characteristics are much more significant for vertical polarization
> than for horizontal polarization.

I'll take that one step farther -- VERY significant for vertical 
polarized antennas, but hardly matters for horizontal antennas. With 
horizontal antennas, what matters most is electrical rigging height 
(and, of course, terrain).

73, Jim K9YC