[Antennas] Ground rod questions

[Terry Conboy]

I wonder if Phil's ground is actually a noise generator.  It would be 
really interesting to check the 60 Hz current flowing into his 
collection of ground rods before and after watering them.  Or check with 
a voltmeter between his mobile home It's quite possible that he is the 
best ground in the whole trailer village, but when dry, it may produce 
noise as minor arcing or spitting generates trash all the way up through 2m.

It's highly unlikely that the ground system is actually effective for 2m 
RF, so it might be worth thinking of the "ground" system as the source 
of the noise, rather than a sink for noise.

73, Terry N6RY