[TowerTalk] Grounding, portable generators, field day

[Dino Darling]

We have had some issues this year of RF getting into the GFI breakers and 
kicking them off (ie, that station goes down).  It was happening with the 
distribution boxes first (every once and a while) and later at the 25KW 
generator itself.

We did NOT run a ground rod at the generator site or at any of the 
stations.  The plan for next time is to install these and see if we see the 
same problems!

We were N6ME, 6A ORG.  Yep!  1st place in 6A and 9th place overall in the 
nation!

Dino Darling, K6RIX
Field Day Chairman


At 11:44 AM 01/20/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>Gosh... there haven't been any long threads on grounding in the last few 
>hours, so here's another one...
>
>Here's the scenario:
>
>You're at field day, running off a generator.  You've got extension cords 
>strung all over the place to get AC power to your operating tents.  You've 
>got tower trailers or temporary towers up.
>
>What's the grounding approach?...

Dino...k6rix at earthlink.net