For the amount any of us would need for this sort of thing, find an 
electrician friend and ask them for a scrap peace. You'll get it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: mfj 931


> you can buy 12 or ten gage house hold wire...2 plus 1 where it has 2
> insulated, and one uninsulated wire in the sheeth.  It's fairly 
> inexpensive,
> and all you need to do is cut a slit down one side of the sheeth to pull 
> out
> the bear ground wire.
> This is not a lightening ground, but a shack ground, so you can barry the
> bear copper in the ground without negatively effecting much of anything.
> I guess the thing about not having the antenna ground close to the shack
> ground is because if lightening ever hit the antenna, it could jump across
> to the shack ground and kill your equipment or something.
> but we have to do what we have to do with the situations we're in, so just
> put the shack ground rod where you can as close to the shack as possible 
> and
> that's all you can do.
> I assume the reason it has to be barried is for the convenience of the 
> lawn
> mower?
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX