"Richard Harrison" wrote in message
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Hal Rosser wrote:
"Instead of radials, you dould just make the ground side vertical into a
well, I think?"

Not at HF, efficiently, because the ground penetration depth decreases
for an RF wave as frequency increases. It is "skin effect" which
decreases the depth with the square root of the frequency.

A steel well casing may make a good ground return at LF but not at HF.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

Keep them earthworms warm at nite.
73
H.
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