[BC] Carl Smith method of dual ground system

[Robert Meuser]

Yes, it looks like a typical counterpoise, not a full ground system.


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Bailey, Scott wrote:
> Alan,
>    There radials in the picture don't seem to go out 1/4 wavelength.
> They look short! How long are they?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
> [mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Alan Alsobrook
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 5:58 AM
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> Subject: Re: [BC] Carl Smith method of dual ground system
> 
> Jerry,
> That's apparently just the way the sun is hitting it. That's my Tahoe 
> parked under it trust me if it looked in any way like it was having 
> problems I wouldn't be parked their. The tower paint was good (I know 
> because I had just checked it) and the tower was fine. In fact it had 
> just finished being stress tested by it's 3rd hurricane this year when I
> 
> took that shot.
> 
> Jerry Mathis wrote:
> 
> 
>>Wow. Get a load of that rusty tower. I wouldn't want to be standing
> 
> under
> 
>>that for too long. Certainly wouldn't climb it.
> 
> 
>  > On 2/12/06, Alan Alsobrook <radiotech at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>  >
>  >>This is a picture of a station in South Fla that uses an elevated
> ground
>  >>screen on 7 towers of its DA array. They have been up for 30 years at
>  >>least. I don't think it has required very much maintenance in that
> time.
>  >>http://sbe7.org/pics/Elev%20ground%20screen.jpg
>