[TowerTalk] Fwd: Tower base/Ufer ground

[Drax Felton]

What is the conductance per inch of concrete in mho's ?  



> On May 17, 2014, at 8:54 PM, Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com> wrote:
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> The steel culvert in itself constitute a rather massive ground stake. The concrete is conductive so, yes, you can say you have a Ufer ground. With that very wet (high water table) land I can only assume you have a good ground.
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> Hans - N2JFS
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Reublin NF4L <nf4l at comcast.net>
> To: towertalk reflector <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Fri, May 16, 2014 8:39 am
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower base/Ufer ground
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> I have a proposal from a contractor to pour the concrete into  a piece of 48" 
> diameter x 12' long piece of steel culvert capped on the bottom end with a 
> plywood disc. Very high ground water is the reason.
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> Will this constitute a Ufer ground?
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> 73, Mike NF4L
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