You can leave as much as you want, or you can bury it. The problem with burying it as you cannot check the clamp to make sure it stays tight. If you want or need it to go below ground level, go to a home center and by a yard sprinkler valve box. Put it over the buried rod to give you access to the rod but allow you to mow over it. Two other important notes, Use a brass acorn clamp to connect your ground cable to the rod, screw type clamps will rust out in a year or so. Also be sure to connect (Bond) your new rod to the house AC ground with a #6 wire, otherwise you set up a likelihood of lightning damage to your equipment. ( this is also required by the national electrical code)
Robert KD5YVQ From: BVARC <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mike Knedr via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 20, 2022 6:53 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> Cc: Mike Knedr <[email protected]> Subject: [BVARC] Ground rod I'm am installing an eight foot ground rod for my new shack. My question is how much leave above ground to attach the grounds.
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