[Antennas] Ground?

[KA8VIT]

A single rod pounded 8-feet into the ground is not a good RF ground.

It is a DC ground.

For an RF ground you would be better off with  4 or more
3 to 4-footers pounded into the ground and daisy-chained
together.

GL

73 - Bill KA8VIT



Tom Horton wrote:
> 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
>   
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Bill Chaikin, KA8VIT
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WW2 Submarine USS COD SS-224 (NECO)

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