W3INK Super Ground Rod

I was looking for an easier way to ground my tower than to drive 
another 8 foot ground rod into the rockey ground.  I remembered 
seeing my father-in-law drive a water well 90 feet down by using 
water pressure.  He simply connected his garden hose to a pipe 
and stuck the pipe into the ground.  The water flowing from the 
open end cleared the dirt out of the way and the pipe went in.  I 
decided to try it with a 10 foot piece of 1/2 inch copper water 
pipe I had around.  As it turned out the pipe just fit into the 
end of the garden hose.  A small radiator hose clamp held it in 
place adequately.  The water was turned on and the open end of 
the pipe was stuck into the ground.  It penetrated easily until 
it aparently struck a rock at about 9 feet.  Since that was 
deeper than the standard 8 foot ground rod would go, I left it.  
A piece of 1/4 inch copper tubing was clamped to the bottom of 
the tower and to the exposed end of the copper pipe ground.

                                   H. Stanley Staten, W3INKof 
the tower and to the exposed end of the copper pipe gro