[TowerTalk] rf ground

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 98-08-06 18:34:23 EDT, kenxxx@worldnet.att.net writes:

<< I am going to install a ground rod just outside my shack for an rf
 ground. >>

       Isn't an RF ground something like an isotropic antenna - useful in
theory but difficult to achieve in real life? I think a foot of copper wire
has so much inductive resistance (40 ohms or so?) to render it unusable (I'm
going from memory here).

      What do you mean by RF ground and what are you going to use it for? You
mean like for an antenna counterpoise? Your electrician is familiar with the
NEC and lightning protection ground systems.

Cheers,  Steve  K7LXC

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