Check the water pipe where it comes into the house. Quite often there will
be a rubber coupling in the line which kills the ground path.
de Paul, W8AEF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Beltran" <tbeltran@earthlink.net>
To: "TOWERTALK" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 1:55 AM
Subject: [Towertalk] RF ground from water lines.
> I am planning on putting a small Boat Anchor station in a spare room in
the
> inner part of the house, where it is not practical to run a ground wire.
> However, we had the house completely re-piped with copper recently. I
could
> access a water pipe with only a small hole in the wall. Would such a
ground
> connection be adequate for an RF ground? Tom W6EIJ
>
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