[TowerTalk] Single point ground

[Mike]

Jim Brown wrote:
> 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
Thanks, Jim -

My thinking was that the route through the attic IS the shortest 
distance. I assume(yeah I know) the house came with  a connection 
between the power entrance ground and the breaker panel through the attic.

73, Mike NF4L