[Lf] [Fwd: LF: Earthing]

[Andre' Kesteloot]

john sexton wrote:

> Hi Martin,
> Glad to hear that you are getting there slowly.
> You will probably get the best advice re earthing from some of the others,
> but I have a couple of tips to pass on.
> The antenna wire does not need to be as thick as you are proposing, 1mm
> would do. Most important is height (proportional to square of). Next is
> amount of top loading wire covering new ground. Laurie has some good ideas
> here. I have his conclusions archived if you haven't seen them.
> Earthing: Copper water pipes will bend over if you try to hammer them in. I
> attached a garden hose and slowly eased them down by twisting and gently
> pushing with the water flowing. If you are patient they will even go through
> hard chalk as here. It doesn't matter that the ground is dry in summer, just
> lay as much wire as possible and connect it to 4 or 5 earth rods. I have 10
> radials each 10 metres long. There is a lot of info about earth mats in the
> LF handbook. Some lowfers attach it to the house earthing as well, but be
> careful of PME mains earthing. See the RSGB handbook's advice re PME and
> take it to heart. You could lose your house or worse be electrocuted. Also
> probably not a good idea to extend your earth below the neighbours garden.
> Hope to hear you on the band soon. Should be strong here!
> 73 John, G4CNN