Decent sounding system.
Pat, K9JAUAt 09:12 AM 1/7/2012, you 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
> > >
> > >