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Re: [TowerTalk] Tower grounding cable...???

To: "towertalk@contesting.com" <towertalk@contesting.com>, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower grounding cable...???
From: Michael Germino <ad6aa@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-to: ad6aa@sbcglobal.net
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 21:22:42 -0800 (PST)
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Should the bolts for the tower be bonded to the structural steel in the 
concrete base?

Mike
AD6AA


--- On Tue, 12/2/08, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:

> 
> Also, be sure to bond the tower to structral steel in the
> concrete tower 
> base, bond all elements of that structural steel together,
> and bond all 
> of that to the ground electrode system. That concrete base
> now becomes a 
> Ufer ground electrode, which, in general, tend to be a
> rather good ground 
> because they have a lot of conductor (concrete) in contact
> with the 
> earth. 
> 73,
> 
> Jim Brown K9YC
> 

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