Re: [IRCA] Copper/Radials

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

My ground system/radials and the tower here at THE BIG 1590 are assumably
the originals form when WABV signed on.

The tower was even painted and lighted once, but isn't anymore!

Paul



On 6/4/07, Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> At 10:33 AM 6/4/2007, you wrote:
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> >Mike,
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> >Have you ever heard of a station running radials on top of the ground
> >though? Around here, the soil is so soft, I can push a ground rod in
> >halfway without a hammer even. But with copper going for so much today,
> >a stations copper would be worth a small fortune. Both KAST & KKEE have
> >their radials in the bay and I wonder if there are any left? The salt
> >water hasn't been a help I am sure in 50 years or more. KAST may have
> >installed some new ones sometime back, but I don't know for sure.
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> >73,
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> >Patrick
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> Patrick, perhaps I'm putting on my "doesn't he know a thing" cap, but why
> would a station need radials into salt water, as the latter is a perfect or
> near perfect conductor, so how is anyone further ahead with radials into the
> water?  I would think that all one would need is a good electron sink into
> the salt chuck and that would do just fine.  Am I barking up the wrong
> tree?  Engineers please comment!.......Walt Salmaniw (MD, not an engineer!),
> Victoria, BC
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