[TowerTalk] House entrance ground for RF ground?

[Tom Anderson]

Dick:

I'm sure some hams face the same problem I do.  My tower and grounds are on one side of the house and the electric co. grounds are on the other.  To get to them, I'd have to drill a hole underneath my driveway and a good portion of the house, probaly 60-70 feet at least to reach them.  There was no way with this house layout that the tower could have been put anywhere near the electric service co. grounds, my tower would have been in the middle of my driveway hi hi.   I just ended up grounding each legs of the crank up tower, bonding all three together with #2 solid and tying them to the station grounds about 10 feet away.  Still had to drill there about 10 ft. under a patio to connect the tower and station grounds.   

Tom, WW5L




--- On Mon, 10/6/08, Dick Green WC1M <wc1m at msn.com> wrote:

> From: Dick Green WC1M <wc1m at msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] House entrance ground for RF ground?
> To: "'Bob Maser'" <bmaser at tampabay.rr.com>, k1ttt at arrl.net, "'TowerTalk'" <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 11:15 AM
> I think both Dave and Bob are correct. Best thing to do is
> install a proper
> single-point ground (SPG) as close to the station as
> possible. This can
> consist of one or more ground rods bonded together with
> low-impedance wire
> or copper strap. The SPG should be bonded to the electric
> company ground, as
> well as the  tower/antenna ground system. Your station
> connection should be
> to the SPG. Ideally, the SPG should be bonded to a metal
> plate on the side
> of the house where the cables from your antennas attach to
> lightning
> suppressors before they enter the house.
> 
> 73, Dick WC1M
> 
>  
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob Maser [mailto:bmaser at tampabay.rr.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 5:18 PM
> > To: k1ttt at arrl.net; 'TowerTalk'
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] House entrance ground for RF
> ground?
> > 
> > I don't think that using the electric company
> ground is a very good
> > idea.
> > It is usually just a single ground rod that they pound
> into the ground
> > near
> > the electric box.
> > 
> > Bob W6TR
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Robbins K1TTT"
> <k1ttt at arrl.net>
> > To: "'TowerTalk'"
> <towertalk at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 5:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] House entrance ground for RF
> ground?
> > 
> > 
> > That is exactly the right thing to do.
> > 
> > David Robbins K1TTT
> > e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
> > web: http://www.k1ttt.net
> > AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Gary Slagel [mailto:gdslagel at yahoo.com]
> > > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 20:48
> > > To: TowerTalk
> > > Subject: [TowerTalk] House entrance ground for RF
> ground?
> > >
> > > 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?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any opinions!
> > >
> > > Gary Slagel/N0SXX
> > > Hot Springs, SD
> > > http://marina.fortunecity.com/sanpedro/351
> > >
> > >
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