[BC] Grounding by the sea

[Steve Michaels]

WKWF on 1600 in Key West has its tower in a mangrove swamp on Stock Island.  Close to the water-up and down the Keys and into south Florida it has an excellent signal.
 As a former live-aboard sailboat owner and ham, I used a Dynaplate for connection (grounding) to sea water.  It came with the boat--something about sintered bronze which allegedly was the equivalent of a large copper plate in direct contact with sea water. 
 I fed all the standing rigging (mast, shrouds, etc.) on the boat with a tuner and a short length of copper foil to the Dynaplate as a "ground."  50 ft. vertical(mast), out of sight of land=no QRM and great reported HF signals....

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Cowboy <curt at spam-o-matic.net> wrote:
>On Friday 17 February 2012 11:20:34 am William Eaton wrote:
>> But someone mentioned that
>> there was a regulation against changing the soil conductivity ?

> I don't think that is the case.
> There is a prohibition understood, against running anything not
> specifically authorized by the license.
> I suppose if one licensed the station with sprinklers as part of
> the authorization, subject to EPA approval, then one could do
> that sort of thing. In fact, would be required to do so.

>--
>Cowboy