JC caught a great big OOPS! Dimensions for 8' ground rods are: 8' into
the ground and 16' apart.
Thanks, JC.
73 de Red
JC Smith wrote:
>Red says:
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>The optimum pattern of radials for lightning dissipation from a tower or
>vertical antenna is a pattern of 6, equally spaced around the center.
>More won't hurt, but don't help a whole lot for dissipating lightning,
>because 6 will utilize the available capacity of the soil. This assumes
>that each radial terminates in a ground rod to a depth at least twice
>the length of the radial.
>==== snip ====
>It sounds like you are talking about some short radials or some long ground
>rods. Can you give us some typical dimensions? Typical ground rod is 8' so
>are you talking about 4' radials?
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>Thanks & 73 - JC, K0HPS
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