BROWNISH-ORANGE GROUND PIPE LAYOUT

[North Texas Mudduck]

Here's some pics of the start of the layout
whats in blue is where i will put the brownish orange ground pipe also the work bench and radio equipment in white shop will be hooked to it as well.

[North Texas Mudduck]

hmmmm cant get them to load says I'm over space
can anyone help?

[Mississippifrog]

can you send me the pic?

[North Texas Mudduck]

pm me your email and i send them to you

[Mississippifrog]

Here you go.Sorry it took so long.Dial up is slowwwwwww

[North Texas Mudduck]

thanks a lot missing one pic
the view from about 10 feet below boom
i send you another pic
thanks for the help

[Mississippifrog]

here you go

[drdx]

That ground won't hurt anything, but you probably won't pickup any performance. The yagi doesn't need it, and if your vertical is on top, it is using your beam as a ground plane. -drdx

[North Texas Mudduck]

i just got some copper pipe from a house install and few ground rods
so I'm doing something with my spare time
thought it would be neat to be able to turn on water sprinklers and water my grounds
when you can pump 2,500 watts (low side)out the house and neighbors not complain then something must be going right
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[Mississippifrog]

when you can pump 2,500 watts (low side)out the house and neighbors not complain then something must be going right

Thats always a good thing.

[Mississippifrog]

These are some Updated pics for North Texas Mudduck

[North Texas Mudduck]

Thank you :D

[BtyMONSTER]

what happens to solder when it tries to handle the effects of a lightning strike ? is the rosen used to prepare the pipe connections also a good electrical conductor ? i would never have thought that burying soldered plumbing pipe a few inches into dirt could have anywhere near the grounding capability of a 8 foot copper rod pounded into the ground . i guess im still not to old to learn .

[North Texas Mudduck]

on each leg coming off the tower is a 8 foot ground rod
then on each corner in the yard is a 8 foot ground rod
then at each intersection in the middle is a 4 foot ground rod.

just by hooking not even half of it up yet i can already hear alot better and I'm able to hear few mobiles talking 40 miles away that i couldn't hear before.

so what gives??????????/
its just something for me to play around with
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[BtyMONSTER]

i guess i just have such a low income that i hate to see good equipment put at risk by someone playing around with equipment that is supposed to protect it that was never designed to do it and every reputable publication suggest against . but its not mine and i apologize .

p.s the reason youre able to hear and maybe talk farther is not because the pipe is adding proper ground...its because of....well...dont take my word for it
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read the 5th paragraph . i believe all that coppper pipe in the ground is giving you a similar effect with your beam .

sometimes i can be a lil bull headed or even anal . ill try to be less opinionated . thats a wonderfull tower/antenna set up you have . im envious .

[North Texas Mudduck]

this is what this forum is about , i take no offense to the replies
i just try to share my pics when i can and help anyone else out
just like my suburban its done theres no fun in it no more
i can try and talk skip on the base when it get tough i go to the mobile to do some cutting lips
I've spent years on this burban to get it where its at now grounding and more grounding and then some more grounding
so I'm thinking one day hey i got some copper pipe and some ground rods i got off the old houses location to be torn down and also some extras on the side from building house running copper pipes and grounds

so i just doing it to do something and to share what i got going on

that some good reading on SE.

that's what i did on a ground plane few years back
had a 60 footer tower with P-500 on top
on each ground radial i ran 4 gauge copper wire to the ground rod and i had 4 - 50 foot copper ground wires just under the ground
and i had the sprinkler mounted about 15 feet up inside the tower and it kept the entire area wet
and noise level to a point where i thought my coax was not hooked up.

its all about trying things out

if it works it works and so far its doing wonders better than it was

if i sounded offended in no way was i trying to

my apologies
we are all here to have a good time and enjoy what we do best

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[Mississippifrog]

I don't know anything about how well you get out local but man you had 28 west of the Mississippi locked down on my end this morning.Sounding good......now get out there and get those ground rods down.LMAO!!!

[North Texas Mudduck]

I don't know anything about how well you get out local but man you had 28 west of the Mississippi locked down on my end this morning.Sounding good......now get out there and get those ground rods down.LMAO!!!

so far my progress is
ground rods on each side on each leg of tower
then soldered to the T connector going out to 10 foot of copper pipe
then below T connector is the 8 foot ground rods

[dud muck]

<snip> and i had the sprinkler mounted about 15 feet up inside the tower and it kept the entire area wet
and noise level to a point where i thought my coax was not hooked up. <snip>

Good! so it cleaned up your receive, so you can hear weaker stations now?
It reminds me of using corona balls on the tips of mobile antennas, anybody use those?

Keep in mind that static is caused by both man-made and natural sources. But i believe what you are doing is draining the static build-up on your antenna and tower.
When the sun spots start up again, the background noise from skip will pick up and the static will become insignificant by comparison.

Also, be aware of c0pper corrosion. Over the years, if your soil is acidic, it might be an issue. Just take a look at the Statue of Liberty.

[Farmall]

Why is the BROWNISH-ORANGE GROUND PIPE name sensored?

[rev ike]

i may try this

[North Texas Mudduck]

well progress is moving along
almost done with the tower grounding in backyard then will move to the radio room ground system
will be taken pics of this

(NEVER EVER TO MUCH GROUND)
when you think you got it good and grounded then add some more

[frogman]

thanks for the pics 555....i needed that...give me a better idea on what i need to do

[North Texas Mudduck]

you may not want to go out and buy 14 c-o-p-p-e-r ground rods but i did and I'm going to use them.
Lowe's has the c-o-p-p-e-r pipe 1/2 inch at 12 dollars a piece .

[frogman]

started building mine today 555....have to get some more pipe tomorrow....i have a grid pattern 8 feet long and 4 feet wide...i am going to bury if and connect it to my tower...

have to get some more ground rods....what length of ground rod did you use in close to the tower???