[TowerTalk] grounding

[Richard M. Gillingham]

Excellent Show-and-Tell.

Thank you.

Gil, W1RG
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tower" <tower at rogerhalstead.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] grounding


> A couple of points.
> My whole ground system is "CadWelded(tm)".  That consists of currently 32
to
> 33 (forgot the count) 5/8 ths inch X 8 foot copper clad ground rods and
over
> 600 feet of bare #2.
>
> Now, before running out and purchasing a carbon block and the associated
> equipment, I'd suggest comparing prices of the carbon block versus the
> "OneShot", CadWeld (tm) process for the number of welds you are
> contemplating.
>
> IF you have enough welds to make, then by all means go with the carbon
block
> form, but unless doing a bunch it is far, far, cheaper to use the one shot
> cartridge.  The amount of welds I had to make actually favored the Carbon
> block/form slightly, but as I was going to be doing the job over several
> years, I chose to go with the OneShots rather than purchasing the form,
> tongs, and required charge quantity plus igniter. Again with the OneShots
> you have to specify the rod size, cable size, and whether straight
through,
> end, or junction.
>
> I don't sell anything and have no connection with any of these companies.
> The following page shows The hydraulic drill I build for about $5 and the
> steps for installing the ground rods which are "CadWelded" to the cable.
I
> use the term CadWeld properly as that is the system I used.
>
> http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/ground.htm covers making the ground
> connections step-by-step using the "oneShot" process and
> http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/tower.htm is the installation of my
> tower and antennas.
>
> I hope you find the two pages of informative useful, or at least
> interesting.
>
> Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
> N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
> www.rogerhalstead.com
>
>
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