[Lowfer] A coincidental observation here...

[Douglas D. Williams]

Interesting observation. I suppose the more copper you have in the
ground around the antenna, the better your current will be, but I
wouldn't think a single unconnected ground rod would make a
difference. I remember that some people have had success with laying
out chicken wire on the ground and tying it to ground.

Doug - KB4OER

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Andy - KU4XR <ku4xr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Having done about all I can to the antenna itself, I started to
> try improving the ground system by installing 2 more ground rods
> spaced 8 feet out from the base of the antenna in a triangle
> layout, and connected back to the rod underneath the antenna,
> as well as connected to each other.
> I have the first one driven in to 7 feet, 3 inches. The last foot
> of driving took 2 hours, and wore me out. Now here's what I'm
> seeing on the RF current meter tonite, after driving the rod into
> the ground.... The antenna current usually runs 157 MilliAmps,
> but after driving the rod into the ground, it is now reading
> 162 MilliAmps at 1 watt input.. The rod IS NOT connected to
> anything, it is just there.. The majority of this stuff I don't
> understand, and I certainly don't see how an un-connected ground
> rod could affect the antenna to cause a change in current.
> I plan to drive the other rod in tomorrow if I can, and I'll
> watch to see if anything changes in the tuning after driving it
> in the ground but not connecting it to anything.
> Before I do anything else; I'll go out in the mobile, and at a
> spot where I know what S-meter reading I should get; I'll see if
> the meter reading has any change at all. That small amount of
> increase may not even be noticable though. But at least now I can
> go out and get signal readings..
>
> Until the next time; 73 all:
>
>
> Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN. USA
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