[BC] Ground system

Robert Meuser robertm at nyc.rr.com
Tue Feb 14 08:40:14 CST 2012


It is possible to have buried radials in wetlands. A number of NYC 
stations are in wetlands and have done it recently. It is a pain dealing 
with the various authorities but possible.

On 2/14/12 9:13 AM, Tom Osenkowsky wrote:
> Preferable, but not possible. I tuned up a two tower array which Clarence Beverage designed. The monopole was the ND-Day radiator and a second tower with elevated radials supported on poles was the second, added for night operation.
>
> The second tower had to have elevated radials because the site is in what is now declared as wetlands. The station is in CT.
>
> Tom Osenkowsky, CPBE
>
>> Deep burial of conventional radials, as Robert suggests, might be preferable in many>cases.



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