Re: RF ground - what if you can't use a ground rod?

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Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

At 07:47 PM 6/28/2005, you wrote:
> Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> At 07:07 PM 6/28/2005, you wrote:
> > ...
> > Or, for that matter, the soil.   For a TC or an antenna, in both cases 
> > one would want to minimize the losses in the soil.
>
> I would just go get two lengths of 1 inch dia. copper pipe from the 
> hardware store.  Bury it in an "X" pattern under where you want to run the 
> coil a few inches deep so it won't bother the grass or anything.  This 
> would be better than the ground 90% of us have!!
>
> Keep the primary coil a few feet above the ground or you can induce 
> currents in the soil that can kill the grass.  Guess how I know this :o))

Did it burn a mysterious X in the grass?  or a spiral?  Clear evidence of 
some sort of cosmic vortex formation?  Terry, you may be missing out on a 
New Age moneymaker here. Large sums of money have been paid for grilled 
cheese sandwiches with really speculative images on them.

 I know we can't discuss  things that might come out of such foolery on 
the list, but surely, using tesla coils to make money is within 
scope.    Perhaps if you were to hang appropriate crystals around the 
cruciform grounding system the patterns would more accurately represent the 
cosmic energies being focussed by your Tesla Receiver?  And here I was 
thinking that we didn't want radiation from a TC.. that may be true for 
spark making, but frankly, people are more willing to pay for spiritual 
enlightenment than bigger sparks.  Inducing higher ground currents may be a 
"good thing", in a revenue enhancement sense.   Just imagine if we could 
make Lichtenberg figures (clearly a sign of specialness, with their 
tree-like dendritic formations) in the grass.



> Cheers,
>
>         Terry