Relaxation Time and Conductivity at a Rural Station: Raichur

An examination of decay and growth rates of electric field near the ground during total solar eclipse of 16 Febru-ary 1980 was made to study the electrical relaxation time and conductivity at Raichur. The values obtained i.e., 1320 seconds and 67.1163 10-16 mhos m-1 of the two parameters were in fair agreement with the reported ones at the rural locations.