[TowerTalk] House entrance ground for RF ground?

[D. Calder]

Exactly. You can create your own ground ring around the tower, ground the
coax, polyphasers, radios,
ext. But it should ALSO be tied into your service ground to eliminate the
difference in potential.

We do it every day at cell sites. There's a reason all those radios still
work after direct hits to the
towers.

73
Dave n4zkf
 

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Brown
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 2:01 AM
To: TowerTalk
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] House entrance ground for RF ground?

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


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