hi jr, tell that phone guy to stick his head in the dirt smile.  the 
more the better.  i have a ground 17 feet down in the ground and 
about half mile of copper wire barried and 4 ground rods 8 foot 
long.  the idea is to keep the resistance as low as you can.  but 
remember the length of the grouund cable is very important if you are 
talking rf ground, but if you are talking just a equipment ground 
thats diff.  a 8 ft ground wire is a high impedance and a good ant on 
ten meters.  i have a 92 foot vertical for 160m and the bottom is 
grounded not isolated from ground.  take care, c u mike w6quv



At 06:28 AM 1/7/2012, you wrote:
>Butch, okay what I thought but he confused me the more he talked.
>So then I am just fine.
>
>
>Junior Lolley KG4itd
>Liberty County Emergency Coordinator
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Butch Bussen
>Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 9:25 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: grounding question
>
>Sounds like nonsense to me.  As many ground rods as you want, but one is
>probably good enough unless you're running a vertical and need radials and
>such.  I had a phone tech here once who tried to check the ground on the box
>on the outside.  He put one lead on the ground on the gox and the other on a
>screw driver he just stuck in the ground and wondered why he couldn't get a
>reading.  I had him hook it to the ground on the power plole and good
>ground.
>73
>Butch
>WA0VJR
>Node 3148
>Wallace, ks.
>
>
>On Sat, 7 Jan 2012, Junior Lolley wrote:
>
> > A grounding question for some of you more experienced hams.
> > I had a phone company tech tell me that if two ground rods were less
> > than 8 foot a part they canceled each other out.
> > And then wasn't really any good.
> > Is this correct?
> > And if so what is the proper distance for 2 ground rods to be a par?
> > I want to get the best ground possible for my tower and radio.
> > I just don't have that much experience in grounding.
> > I would appreciate any help on this.
> >
> >
> > Junior Lolley KG4itd
> > Liberty County Emergency Coordinator
> >
> >