[BC] Counterpoise Ground System

[Bailey, Scott]

WOW, back then, if your ground system was connected to the city's water
main, you would have a ground system all over the city!  These days,
they are replacing galvanized & steel pipes with PVC, so no use in
trying to go to the trouble of it now. No wonder WROZ had a good signal!

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Douglas B.
Pritchett
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 4:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [BC] Counterpoise Ground System

For years WROZ, 1400kc, 1-kw-d/250 night, (now WEOA) in Evansville, IN 
had a rooftop job on the top of the YMCA building downtown. They did 
something similar with their radials, except they added a 4 inch copper 
strap that went down each side of the building, THEN each attached to 
the 6 inch water main that served the building. "Rosy Radio" had a 
superior signal to 5kw competitor WJPS 1330 for many years........., 
until they tore down the YMCA and WROZ moved to a standard site down by 
the river..........

-- 
Douglas B. Pritchett
Fort Wayne, IN
WBZQ1300 at verizon.net


Bailey, Scott wrote:

>I was reading a copy of the RCA radio antenna engineering book, from
>1952, ( I have downloaded as an e-book) and it has a section on roof
top
>antennas.  It mention that the ground wires would slope down the side
of
>the building and insulated away from any objects that would cause
return
>problems. That might have been the case of KFIO. 
>
>  
>

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