[TowerTalk] ground,good or bad ?

[Larry B.]

John -- pure water is an insulator.  Fresh water is usually not great.  Salt 
water is what works well.

73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ



-----Original Message----- 
From: John
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2019 20:14
To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] ground,good or bad ?

I am wondering about nr of radials to run.I understand that over water you 
sometimes hurt things by adding radials over water…
At our new qth (3 yrs) I am finallyn putting up the vertical phased antennas 
for 80 meters.We live in an area that has clay down abt a foor to 6 inchs 
below.Our water from ¼ in rain stays around for days.then the ground is 
moist for abt a week.We dug a trash burn pit abt 6 mos ago.Abt 6 ft deep by 
10 ft…It is full of water..Our last rain was 4 sdays ago…it’s not draining 
well due to the clay.Is this considered a good ground? Are radials a good 
idea ?thanks,john w5jmw

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

_______________________________________________