Re: LF: Ground system

[Rik Strobbe <Rik.Strobbe@fys.kuleuven.ac.be>]

Hello Walter,

I wouldn't hesitate and drop some wires in the well before it is 
filled. You can use it in combination with other ground systems.
73, Rik

Citeren Walter Blanchard <blanch@pncl.co.uk>:

> 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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