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Hi, in the process of setting up my shack, I found a ground wire
clamped to a pipe outside the window. The copper pipe goes to a
tankless water heater. I am using the shield of some RG 8 that
is flattened out like a copper ribbon. I just ran that through
the window which closes fine on it. In checking the ground wire
with a multimeter, using the ground circuit from an AC outlet, I
got 0 ohms resistance so it seems to be working. If you have a
nearby copper pipe that may work out well for you. Jim WA6EKS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard, W A 9 Y B W" <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:51:16 -0500
Subject: Re: mfj 931
Tom,
In my last e-mail, I failed to ask you why you needed to go out
17 feet to
your ground rod. As Lloyd said, the shorter the ground the
better. Just a
foot or so outside the building is fine. The power company
installs their
ground right up practically against the building.
Howard
W A 9 Y B W
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Brennan" <[log in to unmask]
To: <[log in to unmask]
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: mfj 931
Howard, my concern was about having the ground wire actually in
the ground
for
all that length. It would require my using an insulated wire
and I had
read
somewhere that you can't do that for grounding. Is that not the
case?
There is grass all the way to the place I'd have to use but
since they
want the
wire two or three inches deep and also want me to relandscape
the area
that I
dig I guess I'm a little iffie about it <g>.
Tom
Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
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