[Lowfer] Beverage ground question

[W5JGV (Ralph Hartwell)]

> Early today I had a thought of trying something different in an
> attempt to improve the grounding.  I ran a wire from the ground
> rods over to a coniferous tree about 10 feet from the feedpoint
> and connected it to the trunk just above ground level with a 2
> inch stainless steel screw.

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> I was pleasantly surprised to find that signals now where coming
> in pretty well on 80, 160, and the NDB bands.  My conclusion is
> that the tree roots are providing a better RF ground than the 3
> driven rods were.  Has anyone here ever heard of or tried this
> method of grounding?  A quick Google search didn't turn up
> much of anything on the subject.

It works FB for my TreeTenna.

See my web page http:///w5jgv.com/tree_antenna/index.htm about 2/3 down
the page.

73,

Ralph   W5JGV - WD2XSH/7