[Towertalk] ground rod prices

[Rob Atkinson, K5UJ]

Can't speak for every area but I went to a bunch of places around here (west 
Chicago suburbs):  Radio Shack, a few hardware stores and Home Depot to 
round up ground rods last fall.  I found three types:  10' copper clad, 8' 
copper clad and 8' glavanized.  The 8' Cu were the most common.  For those, 
prices ranged from almost 20 bucks each at RS to $8.50 at Home Depot which 
also had the biggest supply.  HD also had the galvanized 8' ones for $6.50.  
>From my experience, if you have a HD near you see what they have--you might 
save some money.  The 10' rods were at a local non-chain hardware store.  
They were thinner than the standard 8' rods so I did not buy them because I 
was afraid they'd hit a rock and bend.  My QTH is near a river in an old 
developed part of town so there's a lot of crud buried a foot or two below 
the grass--bricks, chunks of cement, big rocks.  Makes sinking guy anchors, 
masts etc. lots of fun.

Rob Atkinson
K5UJ
St. Charles IL
k5uj@hotmail.com

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