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Subject: Re: LF: Earth Rods / Spectrograms
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 19:14:37 +0100
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Rik Strobbe schrieb:
> >I was really amused at the 'China Syndrome' thought. That hadn't occurred to
> >me (it's rock here), but it is a valid point, hi!
>
> It sure is, the first time I 'watered' a rod in the soil I didn't secure
> it. When I returned after 5 - 10 minutes to connect the radial to it the
> rod was gone ... I hade to dig a 50cm deep hole to retrieve it.
>
> BTW : the idea of 'watering' pipes into the earth is not new, farmers do it
> for ages to get to the groundwater level. Using 5cm diameter steel pipes
> they go as deep as 15m.
>
> 73, Rik  ON7YD
>

Hi all,
"water" earthing my 16-m-mast with two 6-m-copper-rods of 1/4" diameter one 
came abt. one month later  30cm out of the soil agn. my question: what "syndrom"
is that?
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