There is a nice article on the Bencher / Butternut site about using a single 
ground rod in place of a radial system.   The bottom line is that you may 
get a nice  swr and make some contacts and be real happy, but most of your 
power will be warming the ground at the base of the antenna.  Not much   DX 
down there, except China maybe.

 Assuming you are on 10 meters and the top  tube of the antenna is set 
correctly, cut 2 pieces of  wire 8 1/2 feet long and attach them to the 
ground connection  at the antenna base and either lay them on the ground or 
pull them  away from the antenna and tie them off to something.   Somebody 
may actually hear you.

The Butternut needs a ground system to operate.


Good luck, Steve KW3A
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gery Gaubert" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 11:57 AM
Subject: ic751a and butternut


> Ok, If I drive a ground rod at the base of the antenna, will this take
> care of some of the problem?=20
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