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Re: [RFI] w7ekb & ground rods

To: eedwards@oppd.com, rfi@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RFI] w7ekb & ground rods
From: "Donald W. Kane via RFI" <rfi@contesting.com>
Reply-to: DWKANEPE@aol.com
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 20:23:03 -0500
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NEC requires minimum 6 ft. between ground electrodes..for better  
performance minimum 2X electrode length (e.g. 16 ft for 8 ft rods).
 
73
Don
WB2BEZ
 
 
In a message dated 1/15/2015 4:46:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
eedwards@oppd.com writes:

Excellent point Jim.  All services' grounds (AC, telephone,  television, 
internet and ham shack cable entry point & ham tower) must be  bonded to a 
single-point ground system.  There's no limit on number of  ground rods as long 
as they're bonded (i.e. tied to the same grounding  system).  8 foot ground 
rods need to be within 16 ft of each other, but  can be closer if needed to 
shorten cable run to each service ground  connection.

Couple more good references for grounding and bonding  standards from 
Motorola &  Harris:
http://www.radioandtrunking.com/downloads/motorola/R56_2005_manual.pdf  
http://www.repeater-builder.com/ge/lbi-library/t4618r3a.pdf 

73, de  ed -K0iL

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