[TowerTalk] Re: Ground Rods & Ohms

[Lee Buller]

At 04:24 PM 4/16/97 EDT, you wrote:

>How about this method? Erect a little vertical near the ground
>rod, say 20', resonant at about 11.7 mhz. Attach a very short
>piece of coax (< 1 ft) to the vertical/ground rod and measure
>the impedance of the vertical with a device such as the Autec
>antenna analyzer. If the ground rod is perfect, the impedance
>will be 36 ohms. Anything over 36 ohms is attributable to the
>ground rod.
>
>Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
>k6ll@juno.com

Dave...

Marvelous Idea...  Congrats!

Lee
k0wa@#southwind.net





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