[TowerTalk] We pour tomorrow

[Rick Conners WA7ND]

Hello all:

We are pouring the pad for my MA-770 tomorrow afternoon.

I have 4 copper ground rods to use to ground the tower. Should I pour the
concrete into the hole with the ground rods at each corner or keep them in
solid earth.

Assuming the answer is keep the ground rods out of the concrete base,
please review the following:



I have a large excavation with no forms, therefore, no back-filling..Any
suggestions as to how to keep the cement from contacting the rods??

I cannot simply drive them into the earth after the pour as there is solid
basalt at 3 feet.

Tnx/73

Rick
WA7ND
wa7nd@arrl.net
ThunderPaws Ranch
Tumalo, Oregon, USA






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