[TowerTalk] Re: Bulkhead Source & Ground Rod.

[btakacs at nccw.net]

>I just went through that with the bulkhead.  I ended up taking one of the 
>panels out of my basement window and replace the vinyl window frame with a 
>frame made up from treated wood with a 1/8 inch aluminum panel  in place 
>of glass and then drilled it and put the coax feed thru and rotor plug.

I have a couple questions - I run the coax from the tower through 70 feet 
of 4 inch sewer pipe with U shaped capped ends by the tower and the 
basement window.  On a crank up tower the feed line is always looped at 
some point to where it feeds in the pipe at the tower end.  It would be 
nice to have the coax exit the tower at right angles but that is hard to 
do.  Should the lightning arrestors be placed before it goes into the pipe 
or should they be at the end where the bulkhead is and into the house??

What is the difference in the grounding between galvanized and copper clad 
ground rod?  The galvanized is about half the price of copper clad ground 
rods at home depot.



Bill/K8VP