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Re: [TowerTalk] grounding

To: James.Wolf@itt.com, towertalk@contesting.com.
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] grounding
From: K7LXC@aol.com
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:22:56 EST
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In a message dated 1/21/04 7:45:54 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
James.Wolf@itt.com writes:

>  I use silver
>  soldered 3/8 copper tubing to connect all ground rods together, and 2"
>  copper strap to connect the equipment in the shack to the SPG window.
>  
     Oops. A transient can melt the solder rendering your ground system 
useless. The only two connection methods approved by the National Electrical 
Code 
are 1) mechanical or 2) exothermic - i.e. CadWeld. 

Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC
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