[K3PZN-List] Help with Noise on 160M - Finksburg Area (J Sears) (Stu Benner-W3STU)

[Philip Karras]

Stu,
 
1. "... it is highly unlikely that it's due to a poor earth connection."
2. "The water usually provides a leakage path across the damaged pole hardware thereby squelching the spark. "
3. "Pouring water on a pole's  ground rod is not likely to do a thing other than make the weeds grow better :)"
 
1. Sorry mate, this was a QST article & I believe they looked at the ground rod & it was due to "poor connection" though your scenario is a more probable one.
 
2. Ture on all counts damaged pole or poor ground, either way it's a poor connection.
 
3. True, no matter what about the weeds, not true according to the article because this is what they did & it worked to eliminate the problem. A confusing issue was that it was sometime good on "dry" days, but when they saw the dog water the stake they understood the reason for that as well. ;-)
 
73 de ke3fl
Phil