[TowerTalk] House entrance ground for RF ground?

[Jim Brown]

On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 13:48:00 -0700 (PDT), Gary Slagel wrote:

>Hi,
> 
>My shack is on the first floor of the house and right above the 
electrical service entrance in the basement.  For my station RF and 
DC ground, I'm thinking I'll run a 10' wire from the station down to 
the electrical entrance ground wire which, of course, runs right out 
to ground rods outside the house.  Is there any problem with this or 
should I be running to a separate ground rod?

This is an excellent way to do it. Make that wire as short as 
possible, give it the shortest straightest possible path, make it as 
"beefy" as possible. 

NEVER install a SEPARATE ground. It's fine to ADD one or more 
grounds, but they MUST ALL be bonded to all the other grounds, also 
by the shortest practical path. 

73,

Jim Brown K9YC