For One and All,

Transforming your simple Ground Rod into a Ground Anchor :
Is It Worth The Work ? - You Decide !

Building a Ground Anchor :
"IF" - You can not Bury your Coax Cable for the full run from the House
to your Antenna.
Starting at your remotely located Ground Rod far away from the House.
Take a 10 Foot piece of 1/2" Copper Pipe and an Copper Elbow.
Cut the Pipe at 18" and Solder the two pieces of Pipe together using
the Elbow.
Dig a 12" Deep 8-10 Foot long Trench from the Ground Rod toward the
House.
Run your Coax Cable through the Pipe.
Put a PL-259 Plug or other Connector on the End of the Coax Cable to
Connect to your Antenna.
Empty Half a Bag of Cat-Litter along the Trench.
Place the Pipe with the Coax Cable in it in the Trench.
Secure the Short Vertical Section of the Pipe to the Ground Rod with
three evenly
spaced Hose Clamps.
TIP - Now is a good time to add any other Ground Radials if you wish.
Empty the other Half a Bag of Cat-Litter along the Trench.
Wet down the bottom of the Trench.
Fill the Trench with Dirt.
Wet down the Dirt returned to the Trench.
NOTE - This much more work then the simple Two Ferrite Snap-On Cores at
each end of the Coax Cable. But it will kill the majority of the RFI
getting to the Antenna.
PLUS - The simple Ground Rod has been transformer into a "Ground
Anchor" with both a Deep Vertical Rod and a Shallow Horizontal Tube
enclosing the Coax Cable.


OK - Everybody get out you old GI Trenching Tool and buy some Copper
Pipe - It's Time to get Anchored ! and Well Grounded Too ! - iane ~ RHF