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From: "captbrian" <captbrian@ukonline.co.uk>
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Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:02:24 +0100
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Subject: LF: Re: Ground system and weapon system
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Yes.
you have a very low water table. With winter rains however you may get a
much wetter bottom (I could have phrased that better ) at the deep end of
the wire - especially if it had a wide surface area  at the bottom - old
copper hot water tanks are good. Why more than one wire? a length of
small-bore heating pipe would be better  - you could pump water down it in
summer. or keep it connected to bottom of a  rain-barrel  so whatever you
collect in the rain barrel finds its way to the deep down copper tank
electrode.

Where do you get "a decent crossbow" ? I vaguely though they were illegal?

My arm aches from throwing plastic milk bottles full of water over trees to
the peril of my neighbours.

Bryan G3GVB
----- Original Message -----
From: Walter Blanchard <blanch@pncl.co.uk>
To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 12:51 PM
Subject: LF: Ground system


> Here's another oddity.
>
> Next to my patch there's a 150ft (50m) deep well that has dried up and the
> owner now intends to fill it in. He doesn't mind me dropping a few copper
> wires down it before he does so. Question: is this a better use of  400 ft
> of copper wire for earthing purposes than simply spreading it out along
the
> ground as radials in the traditional way?
>
> Re the tower - use a decent crossbow and you'll get over the top no
trouble.
> I have a 200lb draw one that I once used to put a wire over a 50m mast and
> it could have gone much higher.
>
> Walter G3JKV.
>
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