The service entrance grounding conductor required by the NEC is for safety, not rf grounding, not lightning protection, only safety. Properly installed grounding conductors are to prevent a fault cur
Thanks for all the input on this. Think I'm going to proceed with tying on to the entrance ground wire but will plan on beefing up the ground system. Also plan on putting up a crank up tower in th
Geeze, Gary, I toured your photos of mountain top QRP trips. Wow. == Richards - K8JHR == == _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk m
A good ground fault detector will do the latter, but not a good ground. New systems use GFIs that are sensitive enough to grab the wires without feeling a shock (they tell me) and I've seen a demonst
The new NEC code requires Radio Towers ( It not related to any particular service to be bonded and grounded. Wither your code official is up to speed is a matter of where you are. Because my Matt fou
Horse pucky. RF does not need a ground! Antennas do not need a ground. Transmitters do not need a ground. Receivers do not need a ground. A connection to the earth is NOT part of a solution to RFI pr