[TowerTalk] Ground Rods in Shale

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/24/03 10:57:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time, k3sv at pa.net 
writes:

> Any ideas on ground rods when you have solid shale at about 3 feet down? 
Have 
> tried to drive one 8 footer so far and got about 4 feet and that was it. I 
> was thinking of driving one horizontal in the basement wall?  Ideas?

    Sure - put the rods in horizontally. You'll get most of a hemisphere of 
influence which isn't too bad. Just use more ground rods and you'll be good to 
go.

Cheers,
Steve      K7LXC
TOWER TECH