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Sounds great to me.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.
On Sat, 7 Jan 2012, Junior Lolley wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>>
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