[Lowfer] WM too bright!

[John Davis]

>>Im still looking for an answer of why we get so much reduced losses when
>>the ground/trees freezes and temps get down below 0F . If my calcs are
>>correct my total Resistance for the beacon array is now around 10 ohms,
>>even with the "reduced" earth Mat. Is this purely a dilectric change in
the
>>local earth return...wouldnt the top few feet of the "conductive" part of
>>the earth return (ac?) become worse


I'm inclined to agree with Bill about the effect of tree sap (or its
absence) in those temperatures.  And the dielectric changes in the soil
probably do make your ground system more effective.  I'm not sure that the
soil conductivity necessarily gets worse for this to happen, though.  I seem
to recall (from back when I lived out on the Great Plains) that some
broadcast engineers attempting to measure soil conductivity in the AM band
by means of signal attenuation noted that their conductivity results came
out on the high side during very cold winters.

John D