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Re: [TowerTalk] Short Ground Rods??

To: garyschafer@comcast.net, WarrenWolff@aol.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Short Ground Rods??
From: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 09:06:28 -0700
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At 07:46 AM 5/19/2005, Gary Schafer wrote:
>You should normally figure ground rods spaced at twice their length in
>average soil. So with 8 foot rods the spacing would be about 16 feet.
>Any closer and it does little good.
>
>However with dryer soil you can move the rods closer together than you
>would for average soil and get some benefit. The 10 foot spacing that
>you had planed sounds like it should do better in the dry soil. (I am
>assuming you have very dry soil there)
>
>So if you can only put in 4 foot rods, doubling up on the number should
>get you in the ball park.
>Or you may want to add more radials if you find you can not get very
>deep with the ground rods.
>
>73
>Gary  K4FMX


OR, bend the rods like an "L"
OR, drive them at an angle




>WarrenWolff@aol.com wrote:
> > Greetings TTalkers,



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