posted 10/19/12
Recently, Dick - WB5TUG posted this ground system for portable operations...
A new portable ground system..
Ingenuity at the work place?
Tom - K8BTE has recently returned to Arizona and has been working on a ground system for his snow bird installation. He says: "Seeing the Portable ground system that WB5TUG sent a picture of, I thought the IOOK group may be interested in my Arizona antenna ground system. As many of you know the ground conductivity in most parts of Arizonian is about 0 + or - 1."
"The description viewed in the attached photos consists of a ground rod driven as far as it would go before bending in this wonderful cement like soil, 2 aluminum air register vent covers tied together with copper wire..."
ground rod and vent covers...
then tied to the ground rod which is tied to the small screwdriver antenna with 4 strands of #14 copper wire...
overall view
which is grounded to 40' of steel fence.
Antenna mount on rail of fence...
I have worked all over the US and many countries with this system, works better on 17M than my home station in Michigan."
Tom K8BTE/7
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Many thanks to Dick and Tom for sharing their grounding systems.
Maybe Max - K1MAX in Memphis can use some ideas here to improve the performance of his new antenna system?
73, Keith
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