[TowerTalk] Station Ground -- additional ground rods

[Jim Lux]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan NV8A (ex. AB2OS)" <nv8a at att.net>
To: "towertalk reflector" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 12:07 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Station Ground -- additional ground rods


> I can't find the message now, but I'm sure that somebody mentioned
> driving additional ground rods for the radio equipment.
>
> BUT (if I have understood the code correctly) the NEC requires all these
> grounds (together with the grounds from your TV antenna, satellite dish,
> phone service, etc.) to be connected to the power company's ground at
> the service entrance.

Yep.. and there's some requirements that all those grounds be bonded
together with some minimum sized conductor, etc.