I concur with Bill, K4XS and the others regarding there being no issues
with grounding through a tower base.
Like Bill, I live in Central Florida, the Lightning Capital of the
United States.
I have 5 towers, 4 of them > 110'. All of the towers are grounded
conventionally, but also with a ground rod set into the earth at the
bottom of the base, and the tower connected to that rod.
The bases and towers are quite intact after 20+ years.
This is a profoundly non-issue; time to move on.
73,
Steve
NN4X
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Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:31:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Grounding...
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I've had many 200 ft towers over the last 25 years and they have taken
direct hits. None of them has ever had their bases "blown to bits".
Note this is in central FL, the lightning capitol of North America and all
hits have taken place in wet weather.
Bill K4XS/KH7XS
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