[TowerTalk] vertical ground experiment

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

Oh boy... Peter...

Too many thunderstorms, eh??? Coincidence??? I think not... it's obvious you have made the "water gods" extremely upset with your shenanigans... putting one end of your antenna into the pool... sheesh... you'd better jerk that wire out of there before the water gods alert the lightning gods about what you have done!

:-)

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN


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Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:51:45 +0000
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So I ran a ground wire from my 80 meter inverted L (60' up, 7' across) to my in-ground 30,000 gallon swimming pool and dropped the bare copper into the water.  The total length of the path created is about 65'.  Anyone ever try this?  Loads up fine but since I did it there have been too many lurking T-storms to really try it.

Peter W2CDO