charcoal in earthing

KL7AJ

Joined Nov 4, 2008
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Greetings:


When I was a broadcast engineer, it was almost universal practice to bury tons of charcoal and copper chloride in the ground to supposedly improve the ground conductivity. In the U.S., burying charcoal was pretty standard practice for radio receivers in the early part of the last century.

As it turns out, any benefit of charcoal in the ground is purely imaginary. Save your money and effort! If you're trying to make an effective antenna ground, a few elevated ground radials are better than an acre of charcoal!

Eric
 
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