[BC] Antenna Radials

[David Senft]

A couple of stories, -one factual, the other is perhaps folk-lore. The
radials of a West Coast station that were spread on the rocky ground would
disappear. They replaced them with galvanized-steel "telephone" wire. Not
being buried, it lasted fairly well and cheap to replace. Since telco lines
went underground it may be hard to find. Another mountain-area 1 kW station
located near a rail line had poor coverage. Someone improved the "ground" by
running a wire to a near-by railway track by (mistakenly?) attaching a wire
to the tower. Reports claimed that it could be heard 50 miles away if you
lived near the tracks. An inspector found the "improvement" fed by a
sweating transmitter with interlocks defeated. Removal of the "ground"
reduced coverage. 
D.   

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