The suggestion for salt water was not a reference to what a sea water ground can do. It was a suggestion to improve the two existing grounds by doing something easy. Very often regardless of how good the station counterpoises were, not much radio comms happened until the gnd rods got pissed on. But as the gnds here are in a crawl space I figured there might be smell issues (wives hate that kind of thing)?with that method so suggested the road salt instead .. which usually has other minerals in it too.
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Happy new year all.
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73
JD
VA7BTL?
wb0m wrote:
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YaesuTuner@yahoogroups.com, JD Baillie wrote:
>>> The tuner (coupler) should not need a counterpoise just a good
ground. That's why it is called a random wire length tuner. The tuner
should also be length insensitive (to a point - it won't tune a loop).
'73, JD, VA7BTL<<<
That is true about the ground. A counterpoise, however, will help in
antenna efficiency (an antenna in seawater is a whole different
story). This is also mentioned in SGC's own website
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And, while the coupler (and all similar auto couplers) SHOULD be
"length insensitive"
, they are not. That's why it JR should try
adding
or subtracting the length. BTW, the FC-40 and others will tune loops.
I'm using a 205' hybrid delta loop right now with my AH-4 coupler
(with no ground rod).
73, Jeff/wb0m
