[TowerTalk] Ufer ground using copper wire

[Mark Robinson]

What are the pigtails made of? Copper wire? How are the pigtails attached to 
the rebar?

thanks  Mark N1UK G3ZZM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "superberthaguy" <superberthaguy at verizon.net>
To: "W7CE" <w7ce at curtiss.net>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, 13 September, 2007 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ufer ground using copper wire


> Hi Clay,
>
> I use the rebar, welded together, in my SuperBertha bases as the ufer
> ground. then just below grade I bring six pigtails out of the cement.  The
> pigtails get attached to 2" copper strap that I run as radials away from 
> the
> tower base. Six ground rods spaced 8ft apart for each radial.  That
> dissipates alot of the charge!!
>
> I have a SPG plate at the tower base connected to every feedline ground. 
> And
> lightning arrestors all other wires connected to the tower SPG.
>
> I also have a separate SPG plate at the entrance to the house 300ft away.
>
> Since 1999 I've had five direct hits that I know of and I've never lost a
> single component.
>
> A fabricator could make you a simple rebar cage very cost effectively.
>
> 73, Scott W3TX
>
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