[RFI] Station grounds

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

OK. I am somewhat (but only somewhat) confused on the station ground issue.

I thought it was against the NEC for a ham station's ground system which would use, say, 
four 8' ground rods, separated by 6 to 8 feet from one another, and all tied together with at 
least #10 solid wire, MUST be separate from the electrical panel ground system and not 
connected to it.

Yet I read on W8JI's site and on K9YC's PDF that all such ground systems MUST be tied 
together.

So, which is it?

Why does the NEC appear to mandate one method, while the two mentioned above appear 
to recommend the opposite?

Or am I reading the NEC incorrectly?

Ken W7EKB

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