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Old March 11th 06, 10:20 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Bob Bob
 
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Default Soil dielectric constand and conductivity for East Texas

Hi Roy..

And I only wanted a simple answer. sigh Was just trying to limit some
of the variables and learn some at the same time!

The FCC map says its roughly 8 mS/M here... That will do..

Cheers Bob VK2YQA

Roy Lewallen wrote:

There are more accurate methods to calculate ground conductivity, but
what's the point? The skin depth in soil is on the order of 10 or 20
feet, depending on the frequency and soil quality. This means that