[TowerTalk] Ground Rods

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 11/30/2010 1:35 PM, Tom Anderson wrote:
> 8 foot ground rods are usually at most home inprovement centers like Home Depot or Lowe's.  However, I did see some 10 footers at a Home Depot near Beaver Creek Colorado in the summer of 2009. Haven't seen any 10 footers anyplace else where you can just walk in and buy them.
I believe our local hardware store, Lowe's, and the electrical supplier 
all have 10' but they may be 3/4" instead of 5/8". That may not do you 
any good, but I'd suspect the same to be relatively wide spread. Of 
course prices vary widely between sources.

73

Roger (K8RI)
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> --- On Tue, 11/30/10, Mark Robinson<markrob at mindspring.com>  wrote:
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>> From: Mark Robinson<markrob at mindspring.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ground Rods
>> To: "Dan Bookwalter"<N8DCJ at YAHOO.COM>, towertalk at contesting.com
>> Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 12:10 PM
>> I put in 10 foot copper clad 5/8
>> ground rods around my tower. Most of them
>> went in pretty easily..
>>
>> Mark N1UK
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dan Bookwalter"<n8dcj at yahoo.com>
>> To:<towertalk at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, 30 November, 2010 12:43 PM
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Ground Rods
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>>
>>> 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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