It's an interesting question... I've not heard of the practice, but am in the middle of installing a new antenna system. I don't think it would be an effective counterpoise, from a RF perspective. It lacks symmetry and any real length on any of the most popular (active in today's sunspot cycle) HF bands. Better than nothing at all.
>From an ESD standpoint, the larger the area of the lightning rod, the more current it will carry as it presents a lower resistance. I would still drive rod(s) into the ground. My local Home Depot had a bunch of damaged 10 foot lengths 3/4" copper tubing, which I purchased for less than a single ground rod. These will be used as ground rods at the base of the mast. When it comes to lightning, better to err by over doing it. 73, Julius n2wn _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
