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dxAce wrote:

Count Floyd wrote:

I have heard a lot about grounding and using baluns, but I am using
the cold water faucet in the back yard, it has an old-fashioned strap
with a screw on the top that I put the ground wire in and tighten it
down. Is this any good, or would something else be better?

I recall something in the past about using water piping as a ground.
Perhaps it had something to do with electrolysis and the buildup of
deposits of minerals in the piping making that not such a good idea.

Perhaps someone else might chime in on this.

Personally, I use seperate 8' ground rods here.

Good advice Ace. Ground rods are fine wherever you have decent
conductivity.

However, if you live in a place where the ground conductivity is poor
forget about the ground rods and use radials instead. Even one radial
under the Random/Long wire will work better then a ground rod in poor
soil.

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Telamon
Ventura, California