[Antennas] Ground rod questions (Ground currents)

[Milt, N5IA]

> This NEXT segment is NOT true in most areas!  "Perhaps", that is what
> LONG HAUL transmission is using.  However my experience is that the
> transmission systems and distribution systems DO use WYE!  We generated
> it as WYE, we stepped it up from 4160/2400 to 13.8KV WYE for
> transmission.  This included the entire Panama Canal Zone.  We produced
> at least a third of the entire power grid.


Within the industry I have been associated with for the past 40+ years, any 
voltage less than 38 kV where "distribution/service transformers" were 
installed, was considered distribution.  However, some entities did classify 
it as sub-transmission IF there were no distribution transformers.

Mis dos centavos de Milt, N5IA