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Here is the house With part of my existing temporary antenna system. To the left extending out the top of the picture is a dual band base station antenna. Extending from that mast is the temperature sensor and radiation shield for my WX station. The "Copper Cactus" J-pole is for the APRS station. The 90° bend PVC is the conduit leading to the shack.
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Discone on the right is for my PCR-1000 scanner. On the ground and up against the deck are pieces and parts for my GAP Challenger vertical 2M-80M antenna and a tri-band beam.
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I wish I had the presence of mind to have taken pictures during the construction but we were too busy trying to get it done that it slipped our mind.
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One ground rod down, six to go.
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Three in this direction.
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And three in this direction.
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This block of concrete is 30" on each side. The edges are about 9" deep and the 3+ inches around the post are nearly 2' deep. It took eleven 80# bags of crack resistant Quickcrete. There is 5' of post buried in the ground and concrete and about 6' above the concrete. This post will support a 40'+ tilt over, crank up tower I purchased from Wendel Cook, W4AKM.
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5/29/04 KQ4TV KB4IDC
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The grey PVC to the right will become the ground mount for the GAP challenger.
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Look Ma, the ground rods are disappearing.
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When it comes to driving ground rods the last couple of feet into the ground, this is the tool to use.
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6 ground rods driven into the ground.
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Took about an hour.
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And that included picking up and returning the tool as well as fighting Elvis to get the extension cord plugged in.
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Each of the ground rods closest to the post have two clamps.
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Just showing "due diligence" to not cut the cable TV line running underground in my back yard.
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