Hi John,

You are right about the well.  I am not quite sure where it is, but it is a
ways from the house. So, I don't think people would be very happy if I
started trenching across the yard to connect a ground wire. Smile.

God bless,
Mark (WZ0K)

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 7:41 AM
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Subject: Re: Question about Ground Rods

Unless the well is right next to the house, the run of wire will be way too 
long and act as an antenna and really be a problem. The piping from a well 
to the house is PVC most often, I had one when I lived with my parents and 
know many others who do and most wells are far enough from the house you'd 
never want to run an RF ground wire that far. It would be an antenna long 
before it got there.
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From: "Don Breda" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 7:26 AM
Subject: Re: Question about Ground Rods


> If you have a well, you probably couldn't ask for a better earth ground.
> There is no way  that a well can be constructed from pvc pipe
>
>
> Ground it there  because the metal pipe probably goes 200 or 300 feet in
> to the ground and of course is sitting in water.
> Don
>
>
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> Don Breda <[log in to unmask]>