[TowerTalk] Shack ground

[Tom Anderson]

Most grounding books and articles suggest tying the station ground to the power company ground, but what do you do if the power company ground is on the opposite side of the house from the shack?  In my case the power company ground is probably at least 50-60 feet away, maybe more, and any ground would have to go underneath a large patio and a driveway, just to reach the area.

Tom, WW5L



--- On Wed, 6/16/10, w4lde <w4lde at numail.org> wrote:

> From: w4lde <w4lde at numail.org>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Shack ground
> To: "TowerTalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 2:15 PM
> This maybe the wrong place to ask so
> excuse me for the bandwidth but:
> 
> I have several ground posts just outside of the home
> connected together 
> and then also tied to the house electrical panel ground
> system.
> 
> Just inside the house and in the basement is a connector
> panel for coax 
> and rotor lines also tied to the ground system.  From
> that system I have 
> a #6
> run to the 2nd floor shack antenna tuner, about 25ft.
> 
> All of my grounds terminate in the shack to the back of the
> antenna 
> tuner used with a 80M zepp however, all of the equipment
> sits on a large 
> metal desk which is also tied to the tuner ground point.
> 
> Question:  Would I better off using the desk as a
> single point to 
> connect all of the ground straps from the rigs and other
> devices 
> including the Tuner and Ham PC, I have no RFI in the shack
> and it maybe 
> a waste of time but I thought I get opinions?
> 
> 73 de
> Ron W4LDE
> 
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