[600MRG] Ground Rods - Connection To -

[Laurence KL7 L]

Yep was looking at "our" Earth station at South Pointe here on the Big Island . suffice to say it looks 30 years old in only 5 years even if the hardware came from seaborne military hardware - which it is.



> On Feb 2, 2015, at 14:12, Merv Schweigert <k9fd at flex.com> wrote:
> 
> Correct Laurence,  its a constant battle here with corrosion,  ordinary wire
> connections are a pain even,  lead solder turns to white power in a couple
> months,  wires corrode, I had one aluminum commercial vertical that
> corroded in two in about 6 months,   had to change to a different type of
> aluminum,
> All solder joints are now made with no lead plumbers solder,  it seems to hold
> up just fine, I have left some exposed now for several years and its in great
> shape so far.
> Anything critical is done with brazing or cad weld.
> Shoot my refrigerator rusts out every few years,  will have to spend the bucks
> for a stainless one next time.
> Im on the trade wind side and not far from the ocean so no hope for me here.
> 73 Merv WH2XCR    K9FD/KH6
>> Merv- concur with cad weld - makes for nice fireworks display at times too! Looking at the salt air corrosion on nearly all things metal here on the Kona coast I can see what your up against
>> 
>> Aloha
>> 
>> Laurence /KH6
> 
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