And it will keep working well.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Junior Lolley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: grounding question


> Mike, briefly my tower is 65 foot tall.
> I have two 8 foot ground rods drove in the ground and they are connected 
> to
> the tower with number 6 stranded wire that is all i had.
> I then drove 2 more 8 foot ground rods next to the house and ran a piece 
> of
> number 6 stranded out to them for grounding my radio and auto tuner.
> I also ran about 6 more foot of number 6 over to the tower and tied it all
> together.
> So far it works good.
>
>
> Junior Lolley KG4itd
> Liberty County Emergency Coordinator
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Mike Cozzolino
> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 9:44 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: grounding question
>
> 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
>> >
>> >