[Amps] Dedicated 220AC Wiring for Amps..

Steve Thompson g8gsq at ic24.net
Sat Oct 15 03:14:09 EDT 2005


Gary Schafer wrote:

>You also need a better ground system at your shack. One ground rod there is
>not nearly enough. You need several radials with ground rods on them. 
>  
>
I've got to stress that I've no experience of lightning problems, but I 
wonder whether a ground rod really contributes much. A 4' rod here 
measures around 200 ohms, a couple of shallow 30' wires closer to a 
tenth of that. There seems little point in bashing rods in from the rf 
point of view.

Steve


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