[TowerTalk] ground and conductivity

[Roger K8RI on Tower]

> At 01:14 PM 2/28/2005, Jim Jones wrote:
>>If fresh water is bad then how come dx'ing is better when water table is

Fresh water is a long way from pure. It generally contains a lot of salts 
where as distilled or deionized water is highly corrosive as it *wants* 
metals to create those salts.

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>> >>From the ARRL Antenna book:
>> >
>> >Surface Type              Conductivity (S/m)

Years ago I did a lot of conductivity testing, but it was all in ohms per 
cubic centimeter.
What's the S?

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL Life Member)
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