Richard wrote:
"I have access to a 65 ft. water well that I could install a radial in."

A radio wave traveling along the surface of the earth has its electric
lines of force tilted slightly forward so that the direction of
propagation is tilted slightly downward. The earth is a poor conductor
as compared with copper. The earth absorbs and dissipates some of the
wave`s energy.

Skin effect is the phenomenon of high-frequency current concentration on
a conductor`s surface. Skin effect applies to earth as it applies to
copper, butthe