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160 m ground systems

It's been some time since I last added a new post to this site but I've not been idle.  One of this summers projects was the installation of a new 160 m ground system.  In the process I made a series of very careful impedance and field intensity measurements using a vector network analyzer and a spectrum analyzer.  I've written up this work in some detail and you can find it at Download 160_m_vertical_measurements.pdf .  File size is about 290 kB.

September 23, 2006 in Design of radial ground systems | Permalink | Comments (0)

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