Re: [TowerTalk] Conductive Concrete and Grounding

[Doug Renwick <ve5ra@sasktel.net>]

My 30+ years of experience agrees with Keith.  At a number of different
locations I have never had a lightning strike to my tower(s) crack the
concrete pad.  The legs of the towers are attached to ground rods near the
bottom of the concrete base (no rebar) and there is no external grounding
around the tower.

Doug

Keith Dutson wrote:

> Here is an excerpt from PolyPhaser's technical document titled Document
> Number TD1028: An interconnected concrete tower base can help the tower
> ground system:

> It is a common misconception to think that a lightning strike will blow up a
> concrete pad. 

> Keith NM5G

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