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Re: [TowerTalk] SPG or whatever it is called now, to coax entrance grou

To: "'jimlux'" <jimlux@earthlink.net>, <kb2m@arrl.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SPG or whatever it is called now, to coax entrance ground question
From: "Gary Schafer" <garyschafer@comcast.net>
Reply-to: garyschafer@comcast.net
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:22:19 -0500
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I would stay a few feet away from the house. The ground right near the
foundation is dryer than it is out away from the house. Where the rain drips
off the roof may not be a bad place as it gets more moisture when it rains,
the time you also worry about lightning.

73
Gary  k4FMX

> >
> >  How far or close to the house should I place it?
> 
> It doesn't really matter.. The goal is to make sure that the two points
> are at "reasonably" the same potential. If it were me, I'd snug it right
> up against the foundation: 1)less likely to stick a shovel through it
> when gardening or driving something into the soil and 2) concrete is
> usually higher conductivity than soil.. might as well take advantage of
> it.
> 

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