[Elecraft] Ground Wire & Coax

[Jim Brown]

On 8/23/2021 9:45 PM, James Bennett via Elecraft wrote:
> Folks - thanks for the input!
> 
> Jim - Not sure what version I’ve got - it doesn’t say, so perhaps it is first edition of the book. However it does have a few paragraphs on perimeter grounding, on pages 4.22 - 4.24. And yes, I had planned on a series of ground rods driven in and connected to the #4 wire along its path to the Ufer connection point.

I don't know if the second edition is out -- we finished over the winter.
> 
> You mentioned “at least 1.5 - 2x their length" of the ground rod spacing. What would be the minimum spacing between rods? They are, after all, not the easiest things to “push” into the ground.

That IS the minimum spacing. Most rods sold are 8 ft or so, so I'd 
choose 16 ft spacing.
> 
> Luckily we’ve got no Telco line coming into the house, nor CATV - it is all fiber here.

I would hate to lose POTS -- we often lose power for long periods, and 
when that goes, so does Comcast. And we have NO cell coverage, thanks to 
the "Tin Hat Brigade."  I'm hoping I have enough of a view of the sky in 
the clearing of our 200+ ft redwoods for StarLink to provide a viable 
alternative.

73, Jim K9YC