[TowerTalk] House entrance ground for RF ground?

[RICHARD SOLOMON]

This is all well and good, but what do you do when the Service Ground is 75
feet away on the other side of the house ?
 
73, Dick, W1KSZ



> From: jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> To: towertalk at contesting.com> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:29:24 -0700> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] House entrance ground for RF ground?> > On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 06:02:40 -0600, Ronald D Lowrance wrote:> > >One very important point is that the majority of Amateurs Radio Operators > >ignore and disregard is the connection of the station ground rod to the > >house main entrance ground rod. > > If this statement is true, it means that this majority is STUPID. The National > Electric Code was written by VERY SMART engineers. It is UNSAFE to violate the > NEC grounding and bonding requirements. > > >This prevents strange RF issues such as "ground loops".> > Horse pucky. Virtually all commonly held beliefs about "ground loops" are "old > wives' tales, based on a complete lack of understanding of the science, about > how power systems are wired, and about how antennas work. > > See the tutorials on Power and Grounding and on Interfacing Ham Gear and > Computers on http://audiosystemsgroup.com/publish> > 73,> > Jim Brown K9YC> > > _______________________________________________> > > > _______________________________________________> TowerTalk mailing list> TowerTalk at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk