[TowerTalk] ground rods for towers

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 08/01/2000 4:44:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
smidtca@sprint.ca writes:

> I obtained a 150 ft, left-over, end of 3/0 TWU cable from an electrical
>  supply house. I was going to strip it of insulation and use it for my
>  relocated tower and also for equipment grounding purposes, but with all the
>  talk about copper strapping I am getting worried. Did I buy the wrong 
stuff?
>  It cost a mint and can't be returned. I don't believe wide copper straps 
are
>  available here in Sussex, N. B.

    Go ahead and use it. You'll still get good contact with earth by using 
it. Copper strapping is recommended where the soil is very rocky since it has 
a bigger contact area than a piece of wire does. If your soil is real rocky, 
you could use two runs of wire or more to each ground rod to give you more 
contact area and essentially the same end result. 

Cheers,   Steve   K7LXC
Tower Tech

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