[TowerTalk] Single point ground

[Mike]

Thanks, Dave.

I could do that fairly easily. I don't have a bulkhead panel for cable 
entry.

I'm under the impression that all the grounds need to be tied together.

WA3GIN wrote:
> You'll get lots of opinions on this...
>
> My advise is leave the power company grounds alone. They are code.
>
> Put in 3 rods at the base of the tower spread about in a tri-angle 
> spaced about 6-10ft apart. Bond the tower to the closest ground rod or 
> all three. Run a ground wire from the closest of the three ground rods 
> to the radio room.  \
>
> If you use a bulk-head panel for polyphasers or ICE ligthning 
> protection run the ground from the three rods to the bulk-head and 
> from the bulk-head to your single point ground in the radio room.
>
> Best,
> dave
> wa3gin
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <nf4l at nf4l.com>
> To: "towertalk reflector" <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 5:00 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Single point ground
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>
>> I'm trying to balance the ideal and the practical.
>>
>> The electric service (meter) enters one end of my 72' x 38' house. There
>> are two 8' ground rods at the meter.
>>
>> The power runs thru the attic to a breaker box in the garage. The
>> breaker box, and my shack are about 50' feet toward the other end of the
>> house.
>>
>> The tower is about even with the shack, and 8" from the eaves. It has
>> one 8' rod.
>>
>> All the cables from the tower come in thru the eave and run in the attic
>> across the house (and right over the breaker box), then down into the 
>> shack.
>>
>> Would it be a reasonable idea to pull a ground out of the breaker box,
>> and tie it to the tower and bring it into the shack also to tie all this
>> together?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike NF4L
>>
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