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Re: Topband: Ground Conductivity

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Subject: Re: Topband: Ground Conductivity
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 22:14:47 -0700
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On 3/23/2020 6:23 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
Where I live, the soil is 100% clay and the RF conductivity is
high.  Ten miles to the south, the soil is regular dirt.
Vastly better for growing anything, even weeds.  But the RF
conductivity is considerable lower.

A casual observer sightseeing would have no idea of this
change in soil.

Here's a link to the ground conductivity contour map from FCC Regs for the AM broadcast band. http://k9yc.com/FCC-GroundMap.zip

73, Jim K9YC
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