km1h@juno.com wrote:
>
> On Fri, 9 Apr 1999 07:43:11 EDT Chanel1096@aol.com writes:
> >
> >Just a note on Ground Rods, keep in mind that one change >>implemented
>into TIA/EIA-222-F was that all ground rods be >>galvanized steel.
> Reasoning??
> Too fast a deteriation with copper clad maybe?
>
> 73 Carl KM1H
Some time back, I bought some ground rods from Radio Shack. They
were copper coated steel. Are they useless? I just can't seem
to get the ground to work right here. They are 3 feet long and I
put 2 of them in the ground about 8 feet apart, and have them
tied together with a heavy wire, soldered at each end. I tie the
radio and amp the the center of the wire. It just don't seem to
work right. 73
Tom W7WHY
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