> I wondered if you have any opinion about the following:
> It's a lot easier for me to have more extensive grounding at the tower
> site (open field) than at the shack entrance. My tower is about 500
> feet from the shack. I plan on one ground rod for each leg (no halo)
> connected by strap and Polyphaser clamps etc. I was going to put up
an
> electrical box and inside install a copper panel - On that I would
mount
> a Polyphaser rotor cable protector and a DC-blocked center conductor
> protector. I would use Polyphaser Uni-Kit to strap the coax shield
to
> a tower leg. I'll add other radials/rods out there as time and funds
> allow. The feedline and rotor cables will be buried for a couple
hundred feet,
> then strung on top of the ground.
>
> Whith this level of protection, would you still install coax and rotor
> cable protectors at the shack entry too? If I was only going to have
> one (relatively) "extensive" ground system, do you think it makes much
difference
> whether this is at the tower or shack end? Obviously at this distance
> the shack and tower systems won't be tied together directly. Thanks!
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WA9ALS - John jfleming@shelbynet.net
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