Hi Gary,
Salts are a terrible ground enhancement because it can damage your ground system, cause environmental damage and it requires frequent replenishment as its washed away. Radials or chicken wire laid on the ground or slightly buried are much more effective that a single ground rod no matter how much enhancement you make to your ground rod. 73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Smith" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 4:20:22 AM Subject: Topband: Epsom salts & Rx Antennas The earlier discussion about Epsom Salts and Beverage grounds got me to thinking about my active antennas and if it might be helpful for my situation. I have 8 antennas (the Hi-Z Pro 8 element), the base of these acts as the ground rod. The soil conditions I had to put the bases in are markedly different from one another. Some of the bases are definitely in good soil but several of them are in such impossibly rocky ground that it took dozens of tries to get the rod 2' deep & with that, they were surrounded by stones from the top, down and there's very little soil around them. I'm wondering if anyone has had a poor location for active antennas like these and used something like Epsom salts to help get a better ground. If so, did it help you & how did you find it helped? How did you apply it? Thanks & 73, Gary KA1J _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
