[TowerTalk] Site Grounding

[Michael Neverdosky]

Jim Lux wrote:
> 
> Indeed, it's more of a surface area in contact with the soil than a depth
> of penetration issue.  Burying the rod horizontally in a trench a foot deep
> is probably as good as driving it 10 feet deep.

This is somewhat location dependent.
Here in Florida, with the poor conducting soil (even wet) the depth of
the rod is very important.

A local commercial installer told me that it is not uncommon to drive
rod to 160'+ to get the required 5 ohms ground resistance.

Most of the country you will do fine putting several shorter rods.

michael N6CHV (Gulf coast of central Florida)