Towertalk
[Top] [All Lists]

[TowerTalk] Grounding your tower and

To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Grounding your tower and
From: mail.one.net@one.net (Mike Kappes)
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 09:11:57 -0400
K7LXC@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 97-07-08 17:45:32 EDT, steve@gamecash.com (Steve
> Weisbrod)
> writes:
>
> > I put six 8ft ground rods around my tower.  If I were you I would
> put in
> >  at least six. They are placed at 120 degrees apart. Then the second
> set
> >  six feet away from the first set.
> >
>     The hemisphere of influence for ground rods is approximately twice
> its
> length. These hemispheres should not overlap for maximum benefit. A
> ten foot
> ground rod has a hemisphere diameter of 20 feet, or a ten foot radius.
> So
> these 10 foot radii make the spacing between rods a distance of 20
> feet (10'
> radius + 10' radius).
>
>     I would also recommend putting multiple rods in the system.
> Grounding
> your tower is ONE part of the overall ground system.
>
> 73,  Steve  K7LXC
>
>
>
> --
> FAQ on WWW:               http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html
> Submissions:              towertalk@contesting.com
> Administrative requests:  towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com
> Problems:                 owner-towertalk@contesting.com
> Search:                   http://www.contesting.com/km9p/search.htm

   That seems like a lot of ground rods


--
FAQ on WWW:               http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html
Submissions:              towertalk@contesting.com
Administrative requests:  towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com
Problems:                 owner-towertalk@contesting.com
Search:                   http://www.contesting.com/km9p/search.htm

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>