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1. [TowerTalk] Station grounding on granite (score: 1)
Author: Martin Ewing <martin@aa6e.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:45:29 -0800 (PST)
Folks, Having invested in a SteppIR, a roof-top tower, a rotor, and several wire antennas, I find I have a lot of copper running out to the sky from my shack. Too much to easily disconnect when I hea
/archives//html/Towertalk/2004-11/msg00607.html (9,444 bytes)

2. RE: [TowerTalk] Station grounding on granite (score: 1)
Author: ny6dx@netscape.net
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 07:55:05 -0500
Martin as an electrician and a cert. lighting ground installer in New York might I suggest the following. First when seccureing your wire for lightning use only copper or aluminium nails and straps.a
/archives//html/Towertalk/2004-11/msg00610.html (12,293 bytes)

3. Re: [TowerTalk] Station grounding on granite (score: 1)
Author: Gary Schafer <garyschafer@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 10:47:27 -0500
You would not want to use aluminum strap in contact with copper. It will corrode away the aluminum in a short time. Burying copper wire for a ground is a good thing to do. However a very long run wil
/archives//html/Towertalk/2004-11/msg00612.html (14,236 bytes)

4. Re: [TowerTalk] Station grounding on granite (score: 1)
Author: Joe - WD&Oslash;M <WD0M@centurytel.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:58:40 -0700
Here in the Rockies, the professional tower installers use 1.5 inch wide copper strips, spread out across the rocks to disburse lightning strikes on their tower installations in the mountains. Based
/archives//html/Towertalk/2004-11/msg00613.html (12,493 bytes)

5. Re: [TowerTalk] Station grounding on granite (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Keller" <k3bz@arrl.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:51:39 -0500
Martin... I have a similar situation but with quite a bit more soil over the rock. I have a terrible time getting a ground rod down more than about 4 feet, so I put them in on the slant. I surrounded
/archives//html/Towertalk/2004-11/msg00614.html (14,984 bytes)


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