Yeah, Right Charles..hi.
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At 12:50 AM 7/5/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>Pat-
>You possibly have very salty soil being that close to ocean.
>Thus the copper will be eaten quickly.
>Have you ever thought of adding radials to your ground rods, you know the
>way a radio station from their verticals?
>Willis
>
Willis,
Patrick wrote
Willis.
Yes, our soil is rather salty. No doubts there. Infact in the Winter
when we have standing water out in the field, I have tasted it. It is
briney, but not near as much as ocean water. But I have always felt I
have an under-toe to the ocean, being less than a mile from the shore.
The coppe
> Another interesting thing I have found, I have been getting skip
> during the day with both the Beverage & EWE. Like Alturas, CA on 570
> would fade up on top of KVI for a time and then fade under off the SW
> EWE. But the skip is weak, so it is noticeable with such a very low
> noise level.
I
Pat-
You possibly have very salty soil being that close to ocean.
Thus the copper will be eaten quickly.
Have you ever thought of adding radials to your ground rods, you know the
way a radio station from their verticals?
Willis
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Charles,
I don't know how hard your soil is, but here I am lucky as it is very
soft in most areas. That is unless there is a tree root in the way. I am
not all that thrilled about the 8 foot copperclad rods that are
available here. The 4 foot Radio Shack ones, the copper wears off in a
few months
Charles,
I just ran 150 feet of cord over to the SW EWE and soldered in the wire
from the new ground rods. I have not done anything with the one splice I
have 450 feet down on the beverage as yet. I only have the one splice to
check on.
73,
Patrick
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At 06:49 PM 7/4/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>--- Bill Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Powell,
You may want two, 8-foot ground rods. Space them at least
8 feet apart, if possible.
Charles
Charles A Taylor, WD4INP
Greenville, North Carolina
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>Patrick,
Did you try some cotter clamps?
Charles
Charles A Taylor, WD4INP
Greenville, North Carolina
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Powell,
Don't need to go deep here. The soil is very wet, even damp in August.
In the Winter my ground system is 3-4 feet under water! Infact the
Winter before, the water level in the field next door was so high that
my pot where the termination is, was almost sitting in water. It came so
close wi
--- Bill Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Pat
>
> It sounds like you sure have a good ground in
> Seaside. Here in Arizona I am using 2=5 foot copper
> water pipe and one 8 foot ground rod for my ground
> and I get almost no ground for my EWE. Its been a
> long time since we have had
Powell,
I don't know if I could hear one watt in July on 1720 off the beverage.
However, if it was Fall or Winter, maybe. I have several TIS stations
heard & QSL'd on 1620, 1630, 1640, 1660, 1670, & 1700 from the East. I
have the 10 watter from JFK on 1700, two VA's on 1620 (Also 10 watt),
1630 fr
--- Patrick Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> After adding a second good copper pipe ground rod at
> the termination
> point of the SW EWE, I have found I have really
> increaded the nulls.
How deep are your ground rods? I wonder if going
really deep will help or do nothing? I
Hi Bill,
Thanks. I am impressed with the results of the SW EWE. I was beginning
to wonder if it was all cx back in the 80s & 90s, but here I have to
keep in mind, it is all "Ground Ground Ground"
Another interesting thing I have found, I have been getting skip
during the day with both the Beve
start soon so I hope I can
get my ground back.
Bill Block
Prescott Valley, AZ
Drake R8
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 15:59:29 -0700> To:
> irca@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: [IRCA] SW EWE Day bandscan> > Greetings,> >
> After adding a second good
Greetings,
After adding a second good copper pipe ground rod at the termination
point of the SW EWE, I have found I have really increaded the nulls. The
first copper rod made an 80% change, but adding the second even helped
more. The old EWE is back where it was 15 years ago and it is quiet as a
m
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