I just bought an 8 foot 5/8 inch diameter one at Home Depot 
yesterday, for around $11.00.  Jim WA6EKS

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 12:31:59 -0700
Subject: Re: Cleaning ground Rod

Not a bad ida, but hoave you guys priced ground rods lately?  
With the
price of coper, I don't think twelve bucks will even come close.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Fri,
19 Jul 2013, Tom Brennan wrote:

 Mark, its only a ground rod.  Just spring for a new one and 
replace that wire
 while you're at it along with the clamp.  Its not going to cost 
much and what
 you'd have to spend to insure that the old one was good would be 
prohibitive.

 Tom


 Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
 web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html