[TowerTalk] Single point ground

[Jim Lux]

do you care about compliance with the electrical code?
That might be a starting point..it's going to require a grounding conductor from wherever the coax enters the premises and you have your antenna discharge unit to the system grounding point at your service entrance

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike <nf4l at nf4l.com>
>Sent: Nov 3, 2009 2:00 PM
>To: towertalk reflector <towertalk at contesting.com>
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Single point ground
>
>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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