Re: [IRCA] TA's in Illinois tonite

["Craig Healy" <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Pounding them in is easy. Un-pounding them for removal in a few days by us
> temporary DXpeditioners ain't always so easy. Who knows how to pull those
> things out easily? Plow ox and rope? Jeep and tow chain? Have someone from
> the other side of the earth drill down and push them up for me?
>
> Seriously, the best idea I have is a car jack. Can anyone do better?

I put them in using a section of pipe and an old truck axle inside.  Sort of
a reverse slide hammer.  To remove them I usually just put a pipe wrench on
them and twist them up and out.  That even works with ones than have been in
there for years.

Instead of ground rods, how about laying out some wire in an X shape?
Connect the ground to the center of the X.  It becomes a short radial
system.  I'd think a couple of hundred foot sections of bare wire would be
as good or better than a single ground rod, especially in sandy or dry
ground.

Craig Healy
Providence, RI

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