A few years ago I tried the method described and illustrated on this Web page:
http://www.n4lcd.com/groundrod/ The specialized hammering tool works excellently for driving ground rods. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:49:26 -0400 > From: Rick Kunath <[email protected]> > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Ground Resistance > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Have you tried soldering a male garden hose fitting to the top of the > pipe and feeding a hose to it? The water running from the pipe bottom > makes getting the pipe in a lot easier. It probably wouldn't help in > really rocky soil, but it does in soils with small rocks. > > With a little up and down and side to side motion, you can work the rod > right into the ground. Then the ground settles in around it after the > water is turned off. > > Certainly nor something that would be workable in winter though. But > frozen soil is hard to deal with even with a fence post driver and > conical tip on a pipe then. > > Rick Kunath, k9ao > > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
