[TenTec] Earth those feeders

[Dave Edwards]

Wow....How things differ!
At my qth, you can take a long ground rod, and push the whole thing into the 
ground...by hand!!!
....Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stuart Rohre" <rohre at arlut.utexas.edu>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Earth those feeders


> Jerry,
> Thanks for the update on sandy soils/ FL halo grounds.
>
> Yes, here we have a combination of limestone soils, and large boulders
> just under the surface that make driving a rod a coin toss unless you
> have ground penetrating radar to find a spot!
>
> We use a rod when we can, but I have heard of some locations where the
> rod is laid horizontally as deep as they can dig, around rocks.
>
> Then, here at my work, if you want a ground rod, you have to drill a
> correct size hole to have a tight fit on the rod, in the soft limestone
> 18 inches down.  We are on the edge of what had been a quarry site.
> Eventually, a halo ground was added with a lightning rod system after
> several hits on the flat roof.
>
> -Stuart
> K5KVH
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