[BC] Long Wire

[Cowboy]

On Wednesday 17 February 2010 01:40 am, Andy Linton wrote:
 
>  So now its on my neighbouring acre, but unfortunately I've got overhead 
>  power lines so can't erect much. 

 Um.....
 Is there room for a pure vertical without getting into those lines ?

>  I wonder if any of you guys would recommend a different antenna setup, 
>  given what we've got available? The wind-up will go to about 100 feet. 

 I'd crank the thing to max, feed it, and measure it !

>  What's interesting about the earth system, is that there seems to be a lot 
>  of current being drawn in some wires, less in others.
 
 I'm not too surprised.
 There seems to be a common assumption that the ground currents are
 always uniform about the base insulator, though such is seldom the case.
 Still, the *total* current into the ground system is equal to the current into
 the radiator, regardless how it's distributed.

-- 
Cowboy