[TowerTalk] vertical ground experiment

[n8de at thepoint.net]

I agree with Bob ..

One thing to remember ... fresh [lake] water is not very conductive ..  
pour a couple 100 # bags of rock salt in the lake .. and then see what  
the water gods say!

Don
N8DE

Quoting Robert Chudek - K0RC <k0rc at citlink.net>:

> 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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> 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
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