Szczepan Bialek wrote:

Why than: "The ideal ground system forAM broadcasters comprises at least 120
buried copper or phosphor bronze radial wires at least one-quarter
wavelength long and a ground-screen in the immediate vicinity of the tower.
All the ground system components are bonded together, usually by welding,
brazing or using coin silversolder to help reduce corrosion". From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopole_antenna

Because they are talking specifically about a vertical, monopole antenna
mounted on the ground and fed at the base end.

They are NOT talking about antennas in general.

They are NOT talking about transmitters.

Tell them that they are WRONG.
S*

They are not wrong, you are just too stupid to understand what they ARE
talking about.