[BC] Counterpoise Ground System

[Bailey, Scott]

I like the idea of being 22' above the ground.  It allows me to drive my
tractor under the wires, keeping my field cut, looking pretty and now
worries of copper wires sticking up that I might cut with the tractor.

Scott

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Subject: Re: [BC] Counterpoise Ground System

Right now I'm on limited bandwidth, So I haven't looked at all of
Willies pictures, but the link 
below is another version of an elevated ground screen. I want to point
out that that's not to be 
confused with a true elevated ground system. I was planning on doing one
of those but the situation 
changed and I put in a full standard ground system instead. I was
working with William Culpepper on 
that one. One thing to keep in mind on elevated ground systems is that
it's just not a case of 
throwing some wires up on poles. The systems are designed with a
specific height from ground and 
length of wires to work properly. In my case the Design called for 6
wires @ 22' above ground. Also 
you should be aware that the ends of the wires are NOT grounded and the
voltage on the ends gets 
very high, Think KiloVolts.

http://sbe7.org/pics/Elev%20ground%20screen.jpg

Bailey, Scott wrote:

> 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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