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Re: [TowerTalk] Station Ground -- additional ground rods

To: "Alan NV8A (ex. AB2OS)" <nv8a@att.net>,"towertalk reflector" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Station Ground -- additional ground rods
From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 13:59:27 -0800
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan NV8A (ex. AB2OS)" <nv8a@att.net>
To: "towertalk reflector" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 12:07 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Station Ground -- additional ground rods


> I can't find the message now, but I'm sure that somebody mentioned
> driving additional ground rods for the radio equipment.
>
> BUT (if I have understood the code correctly) the NEC requires all these
> grounds (together with the grounds from your TV antenna, satellite dish,
> phone service, etc.) to be connected to the power company's ground at
> the service entrance.

Yep.. and there's some requirements that all those grounds be bonded
together with some minimum sized conductor, etc.


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