[TowerTalk] Topband: Ground Conductivity

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

> This was pretty well studied by George Hagn at SRI in the 60s/70s in the 
> context of antennas for field use of HF and VHF in Vietnam and there are 
> some publications out there. In fact, that's what led to the development 
> of the Open Wire Line (OWL) technique.
> 

Gerry Burke (of NEC fame) told me that the OWL technique doesn't always
work.  IIRC, he said that there was no combination of NEC ground
parameters that produce simulations that agree with the measured data.

Rick N6RK