[Antennas] Vertical

Sun Nov 27 15:54:05 EST 2005

And there are salts and Salt, my suggestion was to put a feed system which I
had used quite sucessfullly above my garden in my radial pattern of mostly
ORGANIC matter that will supply trace mineral salts, they are not as
damaging to the plants, infact deep root feedings are great, for plants and
will not cause you to have to replace your radials as often. It worked
quite well for me, but I had 3 reasons to try it. one I had poor acid soil,
I wanted to feed it and see what changes I would get, then lime the garden
and yard. I have a farm and I do not want to poison my soil but I do want
to feed it ORGANICS that will improve the soil after having been used and
played out for cotton tobacco and pulp wood.
Kirk KA4PXK
Meddle not in the Affairs of Dragons for Thou Art Crunchy and taste good
with Catsup or BBQ Sauce !!!
KA4PXK location
Liberty Hill, SC (Kershaw)
Longitude: 80° 48' 7" W (-80.8019°)
Latitude: 34° 28' 41" N (34.4781°)
Grid: EM94ql
Location is 32.1 mi (51.7 km) from SOUTH edge of grid square, 36.0 mi (57.9
km) from EAST edge of grid square.
See I do to know where I am coming from !!! <G>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Boone" <CBoone at earthlink.net>
To: <antennas at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 12:33 AM
Subject: RE: [Antennas] Vertical
> Actually, Bill, AM BC stations are only required under Part 73 to have 120
> radials...but some do run less under waiver and some run NONE (those
running
> a Franklin) There is a point of diminishing return after 120....
>> Cebik shows on his web site that 4-elevated radials 10ft or so high will
out
> do a larger number of buried or on the ground radials..I ran a vertical
with
> only 4 60ft long radials off the peak of the roof (vertical was mounted on
> the vent pipe)..worked like a champ on 80-10 with perfect B/W and SWR
> readings...and it got out too!
>> BTW I know of one radio station that used salt and even a sprinkler system
> to help its ground system....but had to replace the copper every few years
> due to the corrosion (OUCH! :)
>>> Chris
> WB5ITT
> Member SBE (Society of Broadcast Engineers)
>> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: antennas-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> > [mailto:antennas-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dr.
> > William J. Schmidt, II
> > Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 11:22 PM
> > To: antennas at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: Re: [Antennas] Vertical
> >
> > Yeah leave the "salt" for your thanksgiving dinner and use a
> > real engineering solution here... That is unfounded
> > witchcraft. Elevated radials are great if you have the space
> > for them (read that: get them far enough off the ground that
> > you won't trip over them/ behead yourself/ they don't get
> > caught in the mower/ etc.)... Of course 200+ buried radials
> > works too (hundreds of AM stations can't be wrong!).
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