[BC] Antenna Radials

[Kevin Raper]

On Feb 14, 2012, at 12:41 PM, David Senft wrote:

>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. 

I have heard the same story only it was a 250 Watt Station in Florida that connected the Ground Strap to the Railroad and the FCC Monitoring Station in Atlanta heard it.

73,
Kevin Raper
KJ4HYD
CE WCKI WQIZ WLTQ