[TowerTalk] Ground Rod Planting

[AA1K jon zaimes]

For removing the old ground rod, try taking the end of your garden hose and
sticking it right next to the ground rod, pointed down into the ground. Turn
the water on, and in a few minutes the rod should be loose enough  to pull
it out by hand.

73/Jon AA1K

At 08:42 AM 4/24/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
>Yesterday, I planted another copper ground rod at the base of my tower.  
>
>I strapped it to the tower with copper.  
>
>According to Frank Donovan's message timestamp, he was sending his
>first message about the new EIA standard when I was pouring water down
>the hole made by the ground rod.  
>
>First, Madison Jones, W5MJ, told of a method in which a couple of cups of 
>water are all that is necessary to sink a ground rod.  I am here to attest to
>that fact.  I was skeptical, but it worked.  That ground rod went in smooth as
>silk in about 5 minutes.  Amazing.
>
>Now...I will have to come up with a come-along or car jack method to remove 
>the ground rods and put in galvanized rods--When I bought the new one the 
>other day, the salesperson said "we have galvanized and copper ground rods."
>He said the galvanized were for where aluminum house wiring is being used. 
>That convinced me (I had not yet heard of the EIA standard) to stay with the 
>copper. 
>
>Oh well.....I guess I've spent more on spilt beer than what I spent on the 
>ground rods.  
>
>73,
>
>
>Dale Martin, KG5U
>kg5u@hal-pc.org
>http://www.hal-pc.org/~kg5u
>
>
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