[TowerTalk] Grounding Question

Gary Myers gmyers@cetlink.net
Fri, 31 Oct 1997 19:09:58 -0500


Dick Flanagan wrote:

> Well, I think you're wrong for a couple of reasons... 

  It
> wasn't too long ago that a fellow on the reflector repeatedly tried to find
> =anyone= who could document even a single case of that ever happening.  The
> folks at Polyphaser have =never= seen a single case of it.  In fact, the
> entire Ufer concept is based upon using rebarred concrete as a lightning
> ground.  It wouldn't surprise me if the whole thing was simply one of those
> legends that gets started and takes on a life of its own.
> 

Interesting! I had heard a report of a report of a .... so indeed maybe
this is correct (doesn't blow up)! THought at one time years ago Rohn
had this in their catalog but maybe not. As regards a ground plane this
would be a grand ideal!

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