[TowerTalk] Sheet copper ground

[Barrie Smith]

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> >I'd like to improve my grounding system, which, due to clay and rocks, is
mostly nonexistant.
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> What kind of ground are you wanting to improve?
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> 1. AC mains safety ground?       Yes
> 2. Lightning protection ground?    Yes
> 3. RF ground for transmitting and receiving?    Yes
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> If #3, what frequencies and what kind of antenna?

I'm QRV 6M, 432 and 1296 EME.  However, in the winter, I chat a bit on 160
and 75M.  I plan to shunt-feed a 85' tower, with four 7 el yagis on a 30' x
30' h-frame, for 75  and 160M, soon.

I will lay out radials for that shunt-fed tower.

Since my ground rods are non-existant, this sheet copper ground system would
be placed at the base of the tower and another just outside the shack.

My question is:  Would several square feet of copper, buried a foot deep, be
an effective ground system?

73, Barrie, W7ALW
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