[Boatanchors] new Ground system

[Arthur Shulman]

Have you considered getting a 1000' reel of aluminum #4 wire used for
grounding TV masts? Real cheap, and just as effective as copper for this
purpose. I also agree with a very large number of short radials compared to
a few long ones. If there are specific HF bands of interest, these work well
if approx 1/4 wavelength long.

Arthur Shulman.
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Telegrapher@QWEST.net wrote:

> My back yard is all torn up with little trenches for a new sprinkler
> system.  One of the legs comes directly towards the window in my radio
> room.  As i don't have to do any digging (wire will be about 6" down)
> i'd like to place a ground system in there with the plastic pipe.  'Bout
> the best size wire i've available for the trenches is #14 bare copper.
> How about from the shack to the ground rod outside?  I've got a chunk of
> "00" but i think i recall folks saying that solid material was better
> than stranded.
>
> I think with all the trenches i should be able to get a couple hundred
> feet of wire in the ground and hope that it will improve my
> "radioability" considerably.
>
> Comments, suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance to all the experts around for the assistance.
>
> Larry
> W0OGH
>
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