[TowerTalk] How far from the house?

[Blake Bowers]

Ron Block is a "consultant" and he sells Polyphasers.

I won't say if he is good at it, or bad at it, I don't know.

I do know, that just about anyone can hang out a sign
and declare themselfs a consultant, as well as write 
articles for QST.

I also know, that R56 standards do not call for 25 feet
of seperation between the building and the tower, 
nor do any other published standards that I have seen.

I also know, that there are millions (literally) of towers
put within 4-5 feet, if not closer, to homes, with no 
coupling issues.




> My attention has just been drawn to the articles by Ron Block KB2UYT in 
> QST June - August 2002 in which he says that the tower should be at 
> least 25ft from the house to reduce magnetic coupling between the tower 
> and the house wiring in the case of a lightning strike.
> 
> Is this good advice? Would it be disastrous to locate the tower only, 
> say, 10ft from the house?