[Antennas] Ground?

[Tom Horton]

Ground? What's a ground?
Seriously, I have operated for years with a ground and years without a ground. Never have I ever had more than one 8 foot copperclad rod pounded in and then usually not very deep.
My last QTH was on the second story of a house built in 1910 and a ground would have been 50 feet long. So I didn't bother. I have never really noticed a difference one way or another.
I can just imagine all the firestorms coming my way now!
Tom, K5IID