We know for good protection we want the path of least resistant for a
charge to make it to ground dissipation......
Point #1 ......I know for RF it's NG to use stranded cabling for
ground rod tie ins etc....usually most Hams would use solid 4.0 for
tie ins...but is there some point that a stranded cable would equal
a solid cable...for instance would a number 2 stranded equal a 4"
solid....?????
Point #2 ......We see an awful lot of low inductance braided flat
tinned copper ....from 1/2 inch and up to 2 inch plus being sold as
RF grounding cable...so what's the difference flat or round????...
Point 3 ..... How do we think/plan for a lightning ground protection
system versus a RF radial reflective ground system when they are all
tied to Mother Earth in one fashion or another...??
I have a new tower ready for the grounding system ..... plan is to
set up a spark gap on each tower leg.....from the gap run #4 solid
copper to an 8 foot copper clad rod ...then out 16 feet to another
copper rod....now on the this rod 2000 feet of # 14 copper stranded
will be laid in 60 foot fan.....(one of these radial fans will meet a
similar radial system under a Hygain HyTower.....so it ends up being
a 240 foot radial patter....
Why the spark gap?? Dissimilar metals...
But instead of that #4 solid copper I sure would like to use 5/8 inch
diameter #1 or 2 stranded copper.....
Comments..???
-Bill
kc4pe@bellsouth.net
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