Did this radio come with the hand mic from the factory?  I thought mine did and can not find it.  Or I'm just pipe dreaming.  I have so many small items packed away, that it takes time searching for something that I have not used in quite a while.
If you people can confirm that the rig DID come supplied with the hand mic, then I do have it somewhere and will keep searching.

UPDATE!
I ended up running heavy gauge stranded wire( from the outside station/antenna grounds) to the water main connection which has the same run going to the load center panel.  I then added a ground rod to the already existing service entrance ground rod.

Here is a link to w8ji's very good website on station grounding.  Now my set up is pretty much close to the "best buy far" part of his site.

  http://www.w8ji.com/house_ground_layouts.htm

It was alot of work considering the rocky soil I have and the outdated logistical layout off my house.

Yes I was there and gave up.
I am proud of my license and if idiots keep doing this, we might just loose our precious frequency allotments!

If you notice it seems to always be American Hams, now don't get me wrong, I am proud of being an American and proud of my country, but come on fellas, act accordingly.

Stop being the ugly American!

The fact that we have morons purposely interfering with the operation is just appalling.  The scary part is that I bet most of them ARE  licensed Amateurs!
The only time I could clearly hear pt0s was on 40m phone, and the lids raising havoc were just too much and I decided to shut down.

I still don't have them,  a few days left, maybe I will score.

Welcome to the thread that I have created, kind of like a monster.  Tomorrow I will attempt to add an 8 ft. ground rod to my service entrance, after discovering that the sparkies who installed it only used a 4 ft. rod due to rock ledge issues!
Then I will attempt to bond the service ground to the station/antenna ground system with a continuous run of heavy copper wire.
After this I will be done.  This will be the most involved ground that I have ever used.  I feel that it is better than what I used in the past.

and, http://www.transorbelectrical.com/pq/technical/NECCompliantGndRodR8.pdf

Here is some http://www.ecmag.com/index.cfm?fa=article&articleID=5794great info ground rod types and historyhttp://www.ecmag.com/index.cfm?fa=article&articleID=5794.

While on the subject, I noticed today at the local home center, galvanized ground rods.  When and why would you use a galvanized rod instead of copper clad?

Well first of all, thanks for all the replies and information from everyone.
This is an intense subject.
I suppose I could tie the two points together. 
The easiest path would be through the cellar, BUT THIS IS PROBABLY A NO NO, RIGHT?
I can run the bonding conductor outside along the perimeter of the house, it will just be more work.

Dave

Hi Tom
Thanks  for all  that  info.  I agree also that  you  cannot  have too much ground.  I am aware that everything requiring a ground in a dwelling should  be at the same  potential.
My problem  is the service and station grounds are at opposite ends of the house.
My station ground consists of 6 ga copper from the roof mounted vertical to a ground rod, an AlphaDelta transitrap for the coax on another ground rod, short heavy braid from equipment to another rod, and then all rods bonded together with 6 GA.
As of now this is the most I can do.  Everything gets unplugged when I'm not  on the air

Yup, I agree.  I finally have my station back on the air and could hear PT0S on 40 phone.  I was getting ready to jump in and then heard all the foolishness.  I'll maybe try on CW.

Before I get into any detail,

Who DOES NOT have their station/antenna ground and service entrance ground bonded together?

I already have the mag mount.  I guess what I am asking is what is the relationship of a mag mount on non ferous metal.  If a mag mount was placed on an aluminum ground plane, even though it won't "stick", would it still couple RF wise?

The roof of my semi truck  tractor is aluminum.  I can attach a small piece of steel so it will grab.  Will this piece of metal have to be screwed to the roof for good ground plane action?  I was thinking of usi
ng epoxy.