[HCDX] Grounding

[mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx (Patrick Martin)]

Hi:

As many of you know, I have several beverages and antennas I use. Here
on the Northern Oregon coast we generally get a lot of rain 60-100
inches a year. This Summer has been a "dray" one to say the least. Does
anyone know what the best type of grounding I could use? Right now I am
using a series of several rods (copper pipes) with #14 bare copper wire
connecting them. It isn't all that easy to put 8-10 foot rods in the
ground, so I use 4 foot ones. Most of the year the pipes are under
water. Oh course in the dry part of the Summer the grounding is in very
sandy soil. I notice this Summer when we get a bit of drizzle or light
rain, the noise level goes down and the antennas work better, as they
should.  What would be a resonable ground system that would work pretty
well even when the soil is dry?  Also should I increase the number of
rods at all grounding points, including the matching transformer
grounding points and the termination points?  I am just trying to make
the system work better, as we are trying to do. Getting that 1/2 DB
signal can make the difference of logging the rare catch.  Thanks.

73s,

Patrick
http://community.webtv.net/BobAndPatrick

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