On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 09:12:50AM -0800, Bob Tellefsen wrote:
> Can you possible dig a 1 ft deep trench in that ground and
> lay your ground rod in on its side?
> This does work in some circumstances, probably where the
> soil itself has reasonable conductivity.
What I have done, and it seems to work well, is to
terminate my beverages into a 1/4 of wire that is in-line
and in the air just like the beverage.
I have beverages that are about 450-500 feet long.
So it looks like this:
Feed - 500' Bev Wire - resistor - 65' wire.
I only have them terminated with a 1/4 wave at
80 meters and they seem to be directive on
40, 80 and 160. I keep thinking I would try them with
a 1/4 wave at 160 meters but I have not gotten around
to it yet.
I have four up - NE, SE, NW, SW and they are all terminated
in the same manner. They are clearly directive.
--
George Fremin III - K5TR
geoiii@kkn.net
http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr
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