[TowerTalk] What's a "Good Grounding System"??

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/26/00 6:51:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time, dxdog@rcn.com 
writes:

> Assume a 60 foot tower on a big chunk of concrete with a rebar cage inside.
>  Exactly what would constitute a "good ground".... or more particularly, a
>  "good enough ground" to handle whatever lightning strike might hit the
>  tower, and keep it from destroying anything...how many ground rods, how
>  deep? Anything else? What about "lightning arrestors", "surge protectors",
>  and the like.... any good?

    In 25 words or less? There are whole books and articles written about 
each one of your questions so it's almost impossible to answer them here. 
Like someone else already mentioned, go to the Polyphaser website for info, 
get their grounding book and start doing your homework. 

Cheers,    Steve    K7LXC
Tower Tech
Champion Radio Products

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