[GreenKeys] Radio up and working... Question...

[Don Robert House]

On 15 Nov 2008, at 9:58 AM, Ralph Mowery wrote:

> THanks Ralph
I was going to use a similar trick with my root feeder for trees.  I  
have used it before to make pilot holes and get the ground moist.  The  
rains made the ground moist enough, but the cold wind chill was a bit  
much to use water,  so I got quite a bit of exercise.  The antenna  
manual suggests the use of three ground rods, so if I decide to do  
that I will wait til the weather is better for using water.

Thanks much for your kind reply.

Don



>
Not that it will help you now Don, but it may help others.
In some soils if you dig out a small hole about the size of a quart  
jar and fill it with water , then take the ground rod and push it in  
the hole and keep pushing it down and pulling it back out about 6  
inches or so at a time , the rod will go right down.  I put in 3  
ground rods this way and each one only took about 10 minuets or less.   
When the water goes out of the hole, you pull the rod out and refill  
the hole.  I had to do this twice for each rod.  Probably did not use  
a gallon of water for each rod.  I got smart on the last one and used  
a pair of vicegrips to get a better hold of the rod. Be sure to wear  
gloves.
Sometimes the first foot is hard to get started, but after that it  
goes very fast.

Not sure of where the commercial stuff is if any, but hams are usually  
found from 14.080 to  14.100.  Also go to the arrl.org site and look  
for the rtty bulletins frequency and times.

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