Yep, a ground rod or two just like a tower ground would do fine.
David Robbins K1TTT
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Blaine [mailto:jeff@ac0c.com]
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 06:09
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] grounding elevated vertical for lightning?
I have an elevated vertical standing about 75' tall - with 10 elevated
radials at about 8'. I need to ground the beast somehow for lightning
events.
There's a shunt coil between the vertical element and the radials as part of
the matching which provides a DC path between the two. There is no path to
ground (other than via a long run of coax - which I really want do
discourage!).
What is the best way to ground this antenna? Can I put a few ground rods at
the center base and run them up to the radial junction?
73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
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