[TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods

[Bill Turner]

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On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:55:55 -0400, Bill Coleman <aa4lr at arrl.net>
 wrote:

>The best way is to pound them in.

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Agreed, but not with a hammer. Buy or rent an electric hammer drill
and you will find it becomes incredibly easy. Here in the desert there
is a layer of caliche, a layer of soil nearly as hard as rock, about
two feet below the surface and a hammer drill will punch through it
with almost no effort on your part. Manually driving a ground rod
through caliche is next to impossible no how much water you put down
the hole. Don't ask how I know. :-)

Bill, W6WRT