Re: [IRCA] TA's in Illinois tonite

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Craig Healy <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 
>> 
> Instead of ground rods, how about laying out some wire in an X shape?
> Connect the ground to the center of the X.  It becomes a short radial
> system.  I'd think a couple of hundred foot sections of bare wire
> would be
> as good or better than a single ground rod, especially in sandy or
> dry
> ground.
> 
>

*** At the annual LBI DXpeditions, we've used a fan of 3 or 4 15-20'
radials from ther terminations point. This is on the beach, where we
just can't get a ground rod to provide a good ground - we'd probably
need one 15' long. The radials have worked extremely well. There are
some cases where a ground rod is preferable, and there are some places
where a ground rod is minimal to no effort, such as Patrick's swamps.
But the fan of radials is a very effective and easy substitute.



Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA  ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20ID
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop

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