Hamilton HAMILTON AM1000, Installation Manual

Generally the deeper your rod, the lower the 

resistivity will be. 

Bury any horizontal wires, the more ground/dirt 
contact the better. Just an inch or two below the 
surface will do. You can use a flat blade shovel 
to create a “trench” that the wire can be laid into. 
This works well with lawns. It is best to bury 
your rods entirely if possible to avoid anyone 
tripping over them, the lawn mower hitting 
them, ect. Some will bury any metal that will not 
corrode (tin cans, ect) in the area to help. 

The type of trench ground system above can work 
well with sandy/dry soil. 

So look over the site, sometimes it will help to get pictures 
before you get there. It can be possible to use the HVAC 
“boxground” connection, for an “Earth” ground. This con-
nect will connect to the electrical ground rod. Don’t try to 
connect to this yourself unless you are qualified, there are 
dangerous voltages inside of the HVAC panel that can 

kill 

you.

 Call an electrician to make this connection. Some-

times there may be a water pipe or other metal pole lead-
ing into the ground you can use. You need to be creative 
with grounding sometimes. I once used a deep well. I con-
nected to the cast iron sleeve that went into the ground and 
had great range. The iron sleeve was metal and went deep 
into the ground. The more metal / dirt contact the better. 
Note that the ground wires to the transmitter need to be 
clamped down so they will not move. Do not connect to 

gas lines 

or other unsafe objects in any way 

2.2 Finding a place for the Transmitter 

Transmitter location is also very important and will determine your range. You want the transmitter to generally be 
the highest thing in the area if possible, but you still need to be able to get to it to make adjustments. The antenna 
that screws into the top needs to be  in the open air, not up against anything, especially metal. It is best if the anten-
na is above surrounding man made things. Natural things like trees should not be a problem, however don’t let 
branches, leaves actually touch the antenna.  

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