[TowerTalk] Station and tower grounding

[StellarCAT]

I did just that - borrowed a hammer drill - after 30 minutes it got me 
maybe, maybe 1/2".... I went back to hammering. It was more effective. The 
clay and sandstone here is terrible. More than likely the one that I 
borrowed wasn't big enough - although it was pretty darn substantial.

Gary



-----Original Message----- 
From: Richard Thorne
Sent: Saturday, December 3, 2016 11:40 AM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Station and tower grounding

Go rent a hammer drill and purchase a ground rod adapter for installing
ground rods.

Makes quick work of installing an 8' ground rod.

I had 5 ground rods installed in less than 30 minutes.  We have clay and
cliche here in the Amarillo panhandle.

Rich - N5ZC

On 12/3/2016 10:07 AM, Jeff Draughn wrote:
> I live in Kansas in an area that has some of the worst clay that I have
> ever had to deal with.
> It's sticky gooey terrible stuff, sticks to everything like epoxy!
> Trying to drive eight-foot ground rods's in the ground is near impossible,
> I think the stickiness just builds to a point where it's near impossible
> even using a 10 pound sledge.
>
> So my question is would several 4 foot rods placed approximately 4 feet
> apart be satisfactory?
>
> Thanks for your thoughts and inputs.
>
> Regards,
> Jeff
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