[BC] Counterpoise Ground System

[Kent Winrich]

I have (ermmm HAD) NINE of these at WISN in Milwaukee.  Looked just like
that picture but for nine towers.

On 9/20/06, Alan Alsobrook <radiotech at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> 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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