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Re: [TowerTalk] Buried section base...and lightning protection.

To: <towertalk@contesting.com>, "jimlux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Buried section base...and lightning protection.
From: "Douglas Ruz \(CO8DM\)" <co8dm@frcuba.co.cu>
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 19:48:09 -0500
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Jim,

This is great...my qth is very small, so, i need optimize my ground system
at the base.

The base is about 12 ft from my shack and i have the radios connected to a
single ground rod. This single ground rod is in the middle between the shack and the tower base.

Can i connect that single ground rod to the AWG 4 at the tower base ??? or Is it better separated ground system for the radios, PC, etc at the shack ?

Thanks

73....Douglas, CO8DM

"No creo que haya alguna emoción más intensa para un inventor que ver alguna de sus creaciones funcionando. Esa emoción hace que uno se olvide de comer, de dormir, de todo." - Nikola Tesla ----- Original Message ----- From: "jimlux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>
To: "Douglas Ruz (CO8DM)" <co8dm@frcuba.co.cu>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Buried section base...and lightning protection.


On 1/4/16 12:15 PM, Douglas Ruz (CO8DM) wrote:
Jim,

Thanks for the idea...Are those extra 22 or 23 ft of AWG 4 bare copper connected in some place of the buried section ???..

Just run it generally around the buried section. Concrete is fairly conductive, and you've got a lot of surface area.


73....Douglas, CO8DM

"No creo que haya alguna emoción más intensa para un inventor que ver alguna de sus creaciones funcionando. Esa emoción hace que uno se olvide de comer, de dormir, de todo." - Nikola Tesla
----- Original Message ----- From: "jimlux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Buried section base...and lightning protection.


On 1/4/16 8:58 AM, Douglas Ruz (CO8DM) wrote:
Hi,

I am almost ready to build a Buried section base for a 25G tower.

The hole is 2 x 2 ft and almost 3 ft deep...is it ok for a guyed tower?...it is almost half cubic yard...and about 2000 pounds of concrete...no steel bars inside.

Any tips are welcome.

I need some ideas about the lightning protection...How can i do a good connection to the tower legs to the ground rod ?...

You're burying 3 feet of section in the concrete. That makes a fairly good connection. A typical Ufer ground has 20 feet of conductor (which doesn't even have to be continuous). You've got 9 feet with just the vertical part of the legs, and probably another 10 feet with the cross braces.

While you're at it, though, I'd get 22-23 feet of AWG 4 bare copper and put that into the concrete (leaving a couple feet sticking up in the air) with the base. It's a lot easier to connect to a piece of copper wire than trying to clamp onto the tower leg, and sooner or later, you're going to want to hook something up to "ground".


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