[600MRG] Advice needed

[NMF]

Tried much salt @ ground rods...  At perfect it is still a poor RF ground...

So what is very efficient, does not channel good RF power into the 
ground and needs no radials???

A one wire loop, the worse your ground the better...

600' loop here is partially down for weather and tree removals, then 
gonna graduate to 1000' loop by golly...
Like replacing incandescent bulbs with LEDs.... WOW!!!
The 600' loop got to the west coast and SV8 land on wspr, so can't 
badmouth it..

TNX from Dave @ /17



On 1/30/2015 12:40 PM, Merv Schweigert wrote:
> Yes it does,  it will rust the inside steel in two,  at least it has 
> on the rods I have here in
> salt soil.   I use copper pipe, I attach a garden hose to the copper 
> and let the water
> flow "drill" the hole.  have done it with pipe up to 8 ft or more.
> I have heard of hams using salt,  and dont know how that is helping 
> over the long term
> at all,  salt here rusts everything in site.  Making for "diodes" that 
> cause noise and
> junk all over the bands,  its a constant fight to find these rusted 
> joints etc.
>
> Merv K9FD/KH6
>> Yesterday I dug a shallow hole and pounded an 8 ft ground rod 7.5 ft 
>> into the ground. I am thinking about pouring salt and water into the 
>> whole around it and hoping it will soak down deeper. I am assuming 
>> this will help with my ground resistance into this very rocky soil. 
>> My question is "will the salt water corrode my copper rod and 
>> eventually ruin my efforts?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your opinions.
>> Neil Klagge
>> WG2XSV
>>
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