Here is a good idea of what goes into building a large AM Antenna and grounding system.
This article was posted in the I Take Pictures of Transmitter Sites group on Facebook and I immediatley thought it would be worth sharing with you all here.
Enjoy.
Hard Hat Stuff
That tower site business is large jumbo size stuff, very heavy duty.
Makes our 10′ pole with toy radials seem friendly by comparison.
I love towers, however, and would enjoy having about 200′ just to look at.
Jack and the Beanstalk didn’t make sense to me until I learned about radio towers.