[RFI] w7ekb & ground rods

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

All well and good, and probably doable for a dedicated single site communication facility. 
 
My RF cabling entry point is probably 50 linear feet from the AC service entry point and ground.  The tower and its closest ground rod is another 25 feet beyond that. 
 
How many hams have their station and tower located directly on the other side of the outside wall from service entrance? 
 
Some folks need to get REAL and live in a real, rather than imaginary world! 
 
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> From: eedwards at oppd.com
> To: rfi at contesting.com
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 21:45:36 +0000
> Subject: Re: [RFI] w7ekb & ground rods
> 
> Excellent point Jim.  All services' grounds (AC, telephone, television, internet and ham shack cable entry point & ham tower) must be bonded to a single-point ground system.  There's no limit on number of ground rods as long as they're bonded (i.e. tied to the same grounding system).  8 foot ground rods need to be within 16 ft of each other, but can be closer if needed to shorten cable run to each service ground connection.
> 
> Couple more good references for grounding and bonding standards from Motorola & Harris:
> http://www.radioandtrunking.com/downloads/motorola/R56_2005_manual.pdf 
> http://www.repeater-builder.com/ge/lbi-library/t4618r3a.pdf 
> 
> 73, de ed -K0iL
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RFI [mailto:rfi-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Brown
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 2:27 PM
> To: rfi at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RFI] w7ekb & ground rods
> 
> On Thu,1/15/2015 11:55 AM, Bill W7KXB wrote:
> > Ken: Better read up on issues that arise with multiple ground rods for home AC grounding. I don't have the info at hand but you'll find it on the www
> 
> The only "issues" that arise is failing to bond them together. The 
> simple rule -- you can have as many earth electrodes as you like, but 
> they MUST be bonded together, and to the power system safety ground bus 
> at the service entrance.
> 
> http://k9yc.com/GroundingAndAudio.pdf
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC