[BC] Directional Antenna Proofs - Ground systems. <SoM0GkTu0>

[Bill Weeks]

Cost, too.
I am pretty sure that on a nice, plowable, field, buried would be cheaper.
The elevated systems that I know of are in places where burying ground 
radials would be impractical or prohibited.

On 6/21/2012 5:52 PM, Cowboy wrote:
> On Thursday 21 June 2012 04:52:40 pm jpotter at jpotter.com wrote:
>> OK, then, for economic reasons, why don't we build AM stations
>> with fewer elevated radials than so many buried ones?
>   There were/are a few.
>   Maintenance, mostly.
>
>   The "out of sight" philosophy has some merit.
>   Elevated systems require regular maintenance.
>   Cleaning insulators, tension on the wires, and they
>   are exposed to other environmental damage.
>
>   Buried, sure, eventually it'll "wear" out, but in today's
>   short term world...
>