[BC] Counterpoise Ground System

[Robert Reymont]

I used to work at KTRC too.  The ground doesn't exist any more...  I 
remember the time  roofers came in to re roof the place and they 
disconnected the ground system until the station went off the air as 
the VSWR went up and up.  The base current dropped in half before we 
noticed and stopped the roofers!!  Fun days of radio!!!

Robert

At 01:20 PM 9/19/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>Years ago while working at KTRC, then 1400 in Santa Fe, NM -
>they had an interesting counterpoise coming off a self-
>supporting tower located downtown.  The ground system expanded over a
>single story rooftops over a city block that the tower was in the
>middle of.
>
>I think the tower is still there - but with the AM now
>diplexed off another AM in town, I doubt the counterpoise still
>exists.
>
>-dan in lansing
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Bailey, Scott
>Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 10:39 AM
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>Subject: [BC] Counterpoise Ground System
>
>Has anyone have a Counterpoise Ground System on their AM tower?  Last
>month in Radio Guide, Ron Nott brought up some interesting comments in
>his article about it, and how it may be the answer of getting away from
>the traditional 120 buried copper radials that the commission demands we
>AM guys have.
>
>We just had a house across the street from my station that had their
>plumbing system redone in copper. The copper thieves came during the
>night and yank out all the copper and I guess cash it in for something
>like drug money.
>
>If anyone has any pictures of a Counterpoise ground system, please email
>them to me. Also I'm sure if you decide to use such a ground system, a
>proof of performance has to be conducted to meet efficiency.
>
>Scott
>
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Robert Reymont
Double R Consulting, Inc.
P.O. Box 42277
Mesa, AZ 85274-2277
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