10 Feb 2026

How much down is my earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground?

Last night I re-looked at how far down my earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground really is. 

At first I thought it was perhaps 1 S point worse on 630m than the coax up to my 2m big-wheel antenna via an ATU. With changing conditions it is really hard to be sure. 

If seems that it is far better than this on the LF bands. It seems to work well on 630m, 160m and 80m falling off as you move to higher frequencies.

Considering how simple and visually great it is (nobody knows it is even there!) I recommend it!

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