After being spoiled by Florida's sugar sand in which you could dig a hole for a base for holes and anchors by hand and drive a ground rod down by "jetting" it, I now live on one of the biggest rock p
I, too, would like to see some ideas. My soil is almost the same, except my QTH is on a prehistoric riverbed. My neighboring hams are on silt/loam soils. but my top soil is only about 4 to 6 inches d
Why not bury the electrodes horizontally? Nothing special about driving them vertically, it just happens to be simple (in some kinds of soil); that is, pounding a rod into soft loam is a heck of a lo
Hi Bill, Had a major problem here in the Rockies with grounding. We have bedrock 6 inches under the soil all over our 5 acre lot. After talking to the locals, one in particular who installs microwave
I have the same condition in Aruba. I just used a bunch of 2' ground rods. John KK9A / P40A After being spoiled by Florida's sugar sand in which you could dig a hole for a base for holes and anchors
They're called "concrete encased grounding electrodes", and googling turns up a bunch of hits. Generally, 20 ft of conductor encased by at least 2" of concrete (on all sides). either 1/2" rebar (galv
I use a fence post driver here, and sledge hammer for the last couple of feet. 73, Tim - N3XX _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk
Hi Bill, First off, I am not speaking for Motorola, nor do I advocate or advise the use of this or other Motorola methods or standards. Motorola's latest R56, Standards and Guidelines for Communicati
Thanks to all who responded to my question about ground rods in rocky soil. UFERs seemed to be highly recommended. I may be able to use something like that. The tower is about 400 feet away from the
One of the Ufer style grounds described in a paper by Phillip Rowland, "Industrial System Grounding for Static, Lightning, and Instrumentation, Practical Applications", in IEEE Trans on Industry Apps
Not a good idea. You don't want the possibility of an arc inside the concrete by not having a solid connection between metal parts. 73 Gary K4FMX Just there has to be at least 20 ___________________
So you might think at first, but apparently there is a wealth of test data that shows it works just fine (at least for DC, 60 Hz, and lightning impulses). I suspect there are some practical limits (I