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21. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding question (score: 1): Author: AI4WM Bill <ai4wm@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 16:06:36 -0700 (PDT); Most residential grounding is for safety and not lightning protection. Lighting protection is done with large conductors or as is done in commercial radio with 6" copper strap where possible, other; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-05/msg00234.html (9,185 bytes)
22. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding question (score: 1): Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>; Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 16:40:34 -0700; WRONG! One of the objectives of the grounding requirements of electrical building codes is LIGHTING SAFETY. The other objectives are fire safety and protection of personnel from electrical shock. 73,; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-05/msg00236.html (7,795 bytes)
23. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding question (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 21:58:32 -0400; Sorry about double posts/e-mails. Thunderbird has changed their layout and even though they are plainly labeled the buttons are in different locations. And they dumped the ability to show "full heade; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-05/msg00239.html (12,361 bytes)
24. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding question (score: 1): Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>; Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 19:11:19 -0700; Your electrical inspector should study the code. :) Most electrical inspectors have risen through the ranks of pipe benders, and by kissing you know what with unions and politicians. There are, of co; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-05/msg00240.html (8,768 bytes)
25. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding question (score: 1): Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 20:47:43 -0700; But differing from lightning protection, which is NFPA 780, and different. Basically, the NEC doesn't deal with air terminals, lightning grounds, etc. But it does deal with protecting the rest of the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-05/msg00244.html (8,612 bytes)
26. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding question (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 00:29:29 -0400; I have to admit the present inspector (not the one I dealt with), is Pro Union all the way and tries to discourage any do-it-yourself projects. He's known for giving the individual static and carryin; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-05/msg00245.html (10,038 bytes)
27. [TowerTalk] Grounding Question (score: 1): Author: Larry Libsch <llibsch@bellsouth.net>; Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:08:55 -0400; All - Our club is putting up a new shack. I have been reading Steve Morris book "Up the Tower" and would like to emulate his "Single Point Ground System." He emphasizes all antenna cable shields and; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00327.html (6,885 bytes)
28. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding Question (score: 1): Author: Damon Stewart <wsmc551@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:03:17 -0700; Your going to get a lot of answers on this one, but... I have always run a ground rod for the radio gear as close to the operating point as possible. In my present station, I drilled a 3/4" hole thro; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00328.html (8,894 bytes)
29. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding Question (score: 1): Author: n8de@thepoint.net; Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:53:13 -0400; My SPG is a thick aluminum plate, which replaces one of the 'vent's in the foundation wall. Coax double-female feed-throughs are used for outside connection to the plate, and inside connection from t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00330.html (8,125 bytes)
30. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding Question (score: 1): Author: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:00:53 -0700; Since I wrote the grounding chapter for Steve's book, I'll attempt to clarify. One ancient and accepted method of accomplishing this is often called a "ground window," where coax cables go through li; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00331.html (8,301 bytes)
31. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding Question (score: 1): Author: "Jim W7RY" <w7ry@inbox.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:58:32 -0700; You use these: http://www.timesmicrowave.com/content/pdf/hdw_install/GK-S400TT.pdf Or: http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/52122453/Grounding_Kits_Earthing_kits_For_RG8.html There are many vendors that; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00333.html (9,572 bytes)
32. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding Question (score: 1): Author: "Jim W7RY" <w7ry@inbox.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:25:19 -0700; If you would like to see how the professionals do it, take a look here: http://www.maplenet-inc.com/grounding Motorola's Communications Site Ground Standards know as R56, are all written around the N; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00334.html (10,587 bytes)
33. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding Question (score: 1): Author: K8RI on TT <k8ri-on-towertalk@tm.net>; Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:01:12 -0400; I really dislike that approach on the types of cables most of us use. It works well with solid copper jackets like Heliax (TM), but I'd not want to use it with regular coax using either a braid or fo; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00335.html (12,386 bytes)
34. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding Question (score: 1): Author: "Martin Sole" <hs0zed@csloxinfo.com>; Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:15:59 +0700; I don't fully agree with the way it is shown on that picture. I would rather see the grounding wires taken straight down and the feeders swooped off to the side, observing minimum bend radius of cour; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00336.html (13,594 bytes)
35. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding Question (score: 1): Author: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@verizon.net>; Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:42:24 -0400; Roger: I understand why you might think that weatherproofing a ground clamp on braided coax like RG-8/u might be tricky. However, it can be done if you apply the proper materials. I posted some time; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00337.html (15,275 bytes)
36. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding Question (score: 1): Author: "Gary Schafer" <garyschafer@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:09:39 -0400; I agree. The way things are shown in that picture is a poor way of connecting to the ground rods. I don't know why they would want to put a ring around the tower to connect ground radials to. It only; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00340.html (16,734 bytes)
37. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding Question (score: 1): Author: K8RI on TT <k8ri-on-towertalk@tm.net>; Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:35:54 -0400; I don't disagree with that, but I think the weatherproofing technique may be a bit beyond many. In my case with a 100 foot tower and with grounding normally figured about every 75 feet, I think the t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00341.html (10,517 bytes)
38. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding Question (score: 1): Author: "K1TTT" <K1TTT@ARRL.NET>; Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 10:45:06 +0000; Weatherproofing is easy and cheap... Go to local hardware store, buy a couple of pounds of ductseal and some half decent electrical tape (not the real expensive stuff for this). Grab a big handful of; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00342.html (11,892 bytes)
39. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding Question (score: 1): Author: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>; Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 06:57:59 -0400; That Scotch mastic is interesting stuff. What I don't understand is why people don't just use angle with bulkhead connectors, grounded through U-bolts to the tower legs, which in turn are grounded ei; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00343.html (17,365 bytes)
40. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding Question (score: 1): Author: Larry Libsch <llibsch@bellsouth.net>; Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:14:16 -0400; All - Thanks for the many helpful suggestions for implementing coax shield grounding. What a great group. Larry, K4KGG _______________________________________________ ________________________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00344.html (7,969 bytes)

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