[TowerTalk] Ground Rods

[Mickey Baker]

Or rent/borrow a 5/8" hammer drill and put the chuck on top.

Mickey N4MB

On Nov 30, 2010, at 12:46 PM, n8de at thepoint.net wrote:

> Dan,
> Using a fence post driver ... tube of steel with handles .. an 8' rod  
> goes in quite easily.
> 
> 73
> Don
> N8DE
> 
> Quoting Dan Bookwalter <n8dcj at yahoo.com>:
> 
>> Ok , i have seen several discussions regarding what people are using  
>> for ground
>> rods.... some use actual 5/8" ground rods , while others use 1/2"   
>> copper pipe ,
>> thoughts on which is better ?
>> 
>> also i was thinking about using 4ft ground rods instead of 8 footers  
>> , but use
>> twice as many of them , it is much easier to drive the 4 footers  ,   
>> thoughts ?
>> 
>> thanks
>> 
>> Dan N8DCJ
>> 
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