[TowerTalk] How to ground a tower system?

[David Robbins K1TTT]

Lightning doesn't necessarily travel the straight path... it takes whatever
path happens to be handy... or it makes its own if nothing else is
available.  Run the shortest fattest wires you can and be done with it.


David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rob @ Peg Pohorence
> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 23:24
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] How to ground a tower system?
> 
> I just installed a Universal free standing aluminum tower.
>   I was told by  a local Ham , that I should put in at least 3 8ft ground
> rods about 3 ft from the tower bottom .
>   If I do that the wires will come off at a right angle, from the tower
> bottom to the grounding rods, is that acceptable?
>   The reason I ask the question is because, Lighting usually travels in a
> straight path !
>   Any comments would be appreciated.
>   rob
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>                   Sincerely, Rob, Peggy , and Maggie Sue Papillion
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>   "The Venerable dead are waiting in my library to entertain me and
> relieve me from the nonsense of surviving mortals."
> Samuel Davies
> 1725-1761
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