[TowerTalk] Single point ground

[Jim Brown]

On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:00:11 -0500, Mike wrote:

>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?

Yes, BUT: Don't use that circuitous route through the attic, because 
lightning won't follow it. Lighting will take the lowest impedance path, 
which is usually the shortest one. DO bond everything together by the 
shortest practical path, more connections are better. DO bond the tower 
directly to the electric service ground by the shortest practical path. 
Also, be sure to also bond together the telephone ground, and the CATV 
ground, the satellite dish ground with the electrical ground and the tower 
ground. 

73,

Jim K9YC