Bob,
Let me ex-pound, hi. Actually I used a carbide drill to get through the
cement then pounded in the rod. Both the rod and bit were 1/2 inch. As I
remember it took me half a day to get it in. The fit is very snug. My sump
does operate during rainy times but the French drain around the bottom of
the basement walls does a very good job of drawing the water to the sump. I
also have perforated drain lines coming down from just below the surface at
each basement wall that draw surface water near the house down to the sump.
The water goes to a storm drain system. When I initially drilled the hole I
DID hold my breath. That was 12 years ago and I have not had a problem at
the ground rod site.
Ron ND5S
Visit my Website at:
www.qsl.net/nd5s
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Carroll" <rlcarroll@rcn.com>
To: "'Ron St.Laurent ND5S'" <ronsue@attbi.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 2:12 PM
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] WriteLog ethernet
> Ron-
>
> How did you pound the rod through the (concrete?) basement floor? I
> have a basement station and have considered this. But I am worried
> about possible water problems. I have a sump and I suppose in most
> cases by the time I would get water working around the rod I would have
> it overflowing the sump.
>
> So, assuming I could "pound" without shattering the slab I might get a
> much better ground connection than I have now.
>
> Bob W2WG
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ron St.Laurent
> ND5S
> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 12:34 PM
> To: WriteLog@contesting.com; W0UN--John Brosnahan
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WriteLog ethernet
>
> John,
>
> This may be a classic example of how not to do it. I have my shack in a
> room in my basement. I have cable internet service with the Syslink
> modem
> and Syslink router located in my shack and sitting 1 inch to the left of
> my
> Alpha 87A. I like to be able to monitor the indicator LEDs. Two CAT 5
> unshielded twisted pair cables service the shack computers with another
> two
> cables going to upstairs computers. The cables that go upstairs are
> routed
> through a 2" x 6" slot in the wall which also holds all my coax/rotor
> cables
> going out to the tower. All that being said, I get no communication
> problems with the cable internet that I can detect; even running full
> power
> and for extended periods of time during contests. I do have all my
> radio
> equipment grounded to an 8 foot ground rod pounded through the basement
> floor just behind the radio table. One of the computers in the shack is
> an
> HP and the other is homebrew with both using Pentium 4 processors. I
> use
> Windows to network the computers to each other and to peripherals.
>
> I would not invite emulation but just to let you know that a minimalist
> system works.
>
> Ron ND5S
>
> Visit my Website at:
> www.qsl.net/nd5s
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W0UN--John Brosnahan" <shr@medinaec.com>
> To: <WriteLog@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 9:25 AM
> Subject: [WriteLog] WriteLog ethernet
>
>
> > I received many replies off-line as well as some on-line. All seemed
> > to indicate that there is no RFI issue with CAT5 ethernet. But being
> a
> > belt and suspenders guy I liked Paul, K4JA's reply. He is using
> > shielded CAT5E cable for his site. It is more expensive of course
> > but I may use it just to be on the safe side--at least for any long
> runs
> > that get buried in the walls.
> >
> > Thanks for all of the input and here is a URL to one of the various
> > shielded CAT5 cables in case anyone is interested.
> >
> > http://www2.warehouse.com/product.asp?pf%5Fid=DBC2003&cat=pc&blind=
> >
> > John W0UN
> >
> >
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