[SBE] conversation topic: how often do you check tower ground wires?

[Cowboy]

On Wednesday 13 February 2008 04:10 pm, A9xw at cs.com wrote:

>  Good answer. I did an AM array for a DA 2 as part of an ownership change.  

>  The previous owner had removed the daytime tower ground radials (#2 &#3) and put 

>  them on the night time towers (#3, &#4).  Tower 1 was common to both 

>  patterns. The RF field strength was a fraction of the value expected when a radial 

>  check was made. Basically the RF was going into space and little on the ground. 


 Actually, it was ALL going into the ground, and making the worms cozy warm,
 instead of being radiated at all.

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Does someone from PEORIA have a SHORTER ATTENTION span than me?