[TowerTalk] 4 x Square Question

[Jim Lux]

At 03:25 PM 7/20/2007, EC1CT Fernando wrote:
>Hi all,
>I just mounted a 4 square system for 75 meters and I got a question 
>for all you here. I have added 80 radials/60 ft long (not buried) on 
>each antenna. Wondering if it would be needed to ground each antenna 
>by adding a ground rod or leave it as it is. Thanks a lot in advance. 73s

probably not, unless you need a DC/powerline frequency ground path 
for safety.  The impedance of all those wires to "earth" is pretty 
low (think of it as a huge capacitor plate) (assuming the wires are 
laying on the surface).

>EC1CT Fernando
>E-mail: ec1ct at ure.es
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