Re: RF Ground Connections - Wire Type

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
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> Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<davep-at-quik-dot-com>
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> >>Do you think steel braided cable (kind used in ground discharge
> >>sticks, winches, etc...) would be a good connection.  Theres a lot of
> >>surface area there, its cheap, but not sure on the material.
> 
> >        The resistance of a steel wire is many times that of a similar size
> > copper one.

	The largest German VLF transmitting antenna system built during WW2
used all galvanized conductors because of the copper shortage.  They got
quite good efficiency by using enough surface area.  System fittingly
was called "Goliath". 

Ed