Topband: Ground Conductivity
GGLL
guiye8 at aol.com
Tue Mar 24 11:56:43 EDT 2020
How do they measure that kind of conductivity in mS?, is it the same
method as when you measure soils for safety (mains), or lightning
discharge ground?.
Regards
Guillermo - LU5WE.
El 23/3/20 a las 20:21, Dave Cuthbert escribió:
> AA6VB, QTH San Jose, California looks like *8 mS/m*
>
> FCC ground conductivity map
> https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/m3-ground-conductivity-map
>
> A more detailed map
> https://www.americanradiohistory.com/FCC_Ground_Conductivity_Maps.htm
>
> 1 skin depth t 1.8 MHz in 8 mS/m soil is ~4 meters
>
> Dave KH6AQ
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 12:02 PM Chortek, Robert L. <
> Robert.Chortek at berliner.com> wrote:
>
>> A quick question for the collective wisdom on this esteemed reflector:
>>
>> How would one categorize the quality of ground consisting of grass. For
>> example, if you live next to a large (many acres) open space made entirely
>> of well watered grass, would that qualify as “average ground“, “above
>> average ground” or something else?
>>
>> Haven’t been able to find the answer anywhere.
>>
>> Thanks for your input, as always!
>>
>> 73 es DX,
>>
>> Bob/AA6VB
>> Robert L. Chortek
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