By all means, all grounds should be connected together to prevent a
difference in potential due to a nearby lightning strike. Failure to do
this is the same thing that kills cows under a tree during a thunderstorm
and radios. The cause, connections between two ground points of different
potentials.
Be sure that all grounds are bonded together. Cable, TV, phone, Sat, ham
tower, ham station, AC mains, well pump, and etc.
Send a request by e-mail and I'll be glad to provide a detailed paper that
I've written and presented at the Southeastern VHF conference on Lightning
Protection for the home and ham station. It is published in the Proceedings
of the 2003 Southeastern VHF Society Conference.
It is also at this link if you wish:
http://www.amwindow.org/tech/htm/lightning.htm
73
Bob, K4TAX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed and Janet" <janed@burgoyne.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 12:37 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Another grounding question
What is the thinking on grounding the tower ground to the ground coming into
the house at the power, 220 service entrance? Tie them together or not? Ed
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