Re: Topband: earth tester

2015-04-26 Thread Lennart m
...@contesting.com] För Richard (Rick) Karlquist Skickat: den 26 april 2015 19:50 Till: Henk PA5KT; topband@contesting.com Ämne: Re: Topband: earth tester Is there some way you could lay a half wave dipole on the ground and measure the resonant frequency and radiation resistance vs the known free

Re: Topband: earth tester

2015-04-26 Thread Richard (Rick) Karlquist
Is there some way you could lay a half wave dipole on the ground and measure the resonant frequency and radiation resistance vs the known free space values, and convert this to ground conductance and permittivity? Perhaps model it in some version of NEC and play with the ground constants until

Re: Topband: earth tester

2015-04-26 Thread Henk PA5KT
-Mensaje original- De: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] En nombre de Jim Brown Enviado el: miércoles, 22 de abril de 2015 01:48 p.m. Para: topband@contesting.com Asunto: Re: Topband: earth tester What do you want to measure? These testers, as well as the fall of potential

Re: Topband: earth tester

2015-04-22 Thread Jim Brown
What do you want to measure? These testers, as well as the fall of potential method, measure the impedance to earth at dc and low audio frequencies. It's important to remember that a connection to earth is for lightning protection, and does not make a TX antenna work better. If you want to

Topband: earth tester

2015-04-22 Thread K1FZ-Bruce
  Thanks information Paul.   Many believe all the conductivity is in the first three or four feet from the surface. There are many variations around the globe.   Surface sand, desert, and California parched soil can be close to an insulator.   Other may have conductive minerals at some

Topband: earth tester

2015-04-22 Thread Jorge Diez - CX6VM
Hello Do you use a earth tester? Which brand do you know is very good and accurate to consider? Thanks! Jorge CX6VM/CW5W --- El software de antivirus Avast ha analizado este correo electrónico en busca de virus. http://www.avast.com _ Topband Reflector Archives -

Re: Topband: earth tester

2015-04-22 Thread Jeff Kincaid
Perhaps a few words on how you joined the rods would be useful here. Regards,Jeff W6JK On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 1:00 PM, Paul Christensen w...@arrl.net wrote: Do you use a earth tester?  Which brand do you know is very good and accurate to consider? Jorge, If you can, try

Re: Topband: earth tester

2015-04-22 Thread Paul Christensen
Do you use a earth tester? Which brand do you know is very good and accurate to consider? Jorge, If you can, try and find a clamp-on earth tester rather than the type that relies on the fall-of-potential method with electrodes. There are several good clamp-on units by Megger, Fluke and

Re: Topband: earth tester

2015-04-22 Thread Jorge Diez - CX6VM
Thanks Paul Will search about this 73, Jorge -Mensaje original- De: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] En nombre de Paul Christensen Enviado el: miércoles, 22 de abril de 2015 10:00 a.m. Para: topband Asunto: Re: Topband: earth tester Do you use a earth tester? Which

Re: Topband: earth tester

2015-04-22 Thread Paul Christensen
“Perhaps a few words on how you joined the rods would be useful here.” We used TB/Blackburn 60CNT2 non-threaded couplers to join the ground rods. A compression fit is used to join the rods. The rods and couplers were obtained from our rural electric company.The utility also supplied

Re: Topband: earth tester

2015-04-22 Thread Jorge Diez - CX6VM
: earth tester What do you want to measure? These testers, as well as the fall of potential method, measure the impedance to earth at dc and low audio frequencies. It's important to remember that a connection to earth is for lightning protection, and does not make a TX antenna work better. If you

Re: Topband: earth tester

2015-04-22 Thread HAROLD SMITH JR
Jim,  And after measuring it, I don't believe anyone will do anything about it. The PolyPhaser manual has some good info on lightning protection.  73 de Price W0RI On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 11:47 AM, Jim Brown j...@audiosystemsgroup.com wrote: What do you want to measure?  These