[RFI] w7ekb & ground rods

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 1/15/2015 2:55 PM, Bill W7KXB wrote:

Power company required 3 ground rods for our service.

The ground system for the towers consists of over 600 feet of bare #2 
CadWelded to 32, or 33 8' ground rods.
That ground system eventually gets back to the house electrical ground.  
No adverse affects and it has apparently saved a lot of equipment.

73

Roger  (K8RI)


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> Ken: Better read up on issues that arise with multiple ground rods for home AC grounding. I don't have the info at hand but you'll find it on the www
> Good luck
> de Bill/w7kxbTo: rfi at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RFI] RF getting into 4-port wireless router - progress
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> On 14, Jan 2015, at 21:33, Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:
>> OK, Gang, two things have changed since I removed and rolled up the 30+
>> feet of #8 useless ground wire to the panel:
>>
>> 1) The lights in the shack no longer change brightness in time with the
>> keying of my rig and amp. It was very slight, despite the fact that I had
>> the amp on a dedicated 120 V line, but it was there. Now it is no longer
>> in evidence. Zero: zip: nada.
>>
>> 2) It appears that I am no longer getting into my 4 port wireless router.
>>
>> 3) There is no more "weirdness" with the basement GFCI.
>>
>> There MAY be an additional effect:
>>
>> 4) It is POSSIBLE that my overall noise level, which has been a constant
>> 10 dB over S-9 on 80 meters, is now only S-9. I find this last to be
>> particularly hard for me to believe, but it sure looks like it is a fact.
>>
>> Now, the larger question: if this is so...WHY is it so? I am more
>> mystified than I was to begin with...
>>
>> And, BTW, the ONLY thing I have done so far is deal with that useless
>> panel ground wire.
>>
>> I also suspect that what I had thought was the lights dimming in time
>> with my keying was exactly the opposite: they were getting brighter with
>> my keying.
>>
>> I am going to go buy another 4 ea 8' ground rods tomorrow...
>>
>> I now have just loads of #8 solid copper with which to tie them all
>> together. :-)
>>
>> Ken W7EKB
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