Don, Are those all 8 ft ground rods driven vertical in ground without help
from a rock drill? Lots of rock in your area? Mike AC5P
On Friday, June 5, 2020, 03:10:11 PM CDT, W2xj <[email protected]> wrote:
To my mind, false economy.
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> On Jun 5, 2020, at 3:36 PM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> That is why I used the mechanical clamps. I have 10 ground rods for a
> perimeter ground wire around the house, 6 on the perimeter ground around the
> workshop building (where the antenna feedlines first enter) and another 4 in
> the antenna field. A total of 20 Cad Welds would have exceeded my budget -
> the #4 copper wire was expensive enough!
> All the clamps are above ground a bit, so I can check the tightness with a
> wrench at least once a year.
> In most cases, the perimeter wires are folded back on itself to fit into the
> clamp, so the wire is continuous rather than having cut ends.
> Yes, even the utility ground rod clamp is exposed. The building inspector
> frowned on it until I told him why and he allowed it because I do not (will
> not) mow grass near any of the ground rods.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
>> On 6/5/2020 2:55 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
>> Just look at $11.00 per ground rod connection for Cad-Weld as compared to
>> $1.98 for a mechanical clamp. Which do you think a ham will choose ?
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