[Antennas] Ground?

[K1TTT]

There is no such thing as an 'rf ground'... let the slings and arrows fly!


David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: KA8VIT [mailto:ka8vit at ka8vit.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 16:09
> To: Antennas QTH
> Subject: Re: [Antennas] Ground?
> 
> 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
> >
> --
> 
> Bill Chaikin, KA8VIT
> USS COD Amateur Radio Club - W8COD
> WW2 Submarine USS COD SS-224 (NECO)
> 
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