[TowerTalk] Shack ground

[Gary Schafer]

No need to relocate anything. Just run all cables to a common (single) point
(including AC power) that is very near your ground system. Then feed the
shack with everything from there. See my previous post.

73
Gary  K4FMX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Michael Baker
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:42 PM
> To: 'W2RU - Bud Hippisley'; 'Tom Anderson'
> Cc: w4lde at numail.org; 'TowerTalk'
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Shack ground
> 
> Relocation is also not always practical nor is it inexpensive.
> Professional
> Electricians don't come cheap and moving an underground service entrance
> is
> very involved and sometimes simply can't be done due to local codes and
> the
> location of the service main.
> My house is at the end of a street and the service entrance is opposite my
> shack just outside my attached garage opposite the end of the street. I
> would hazard a guess and say that maybe $4000 might cover it due to
> trenching, new copper entry wire, a new entry panel and all the hardware,
> local build fees and inspections, new concrete and landscaping as well as
> a
> new sidewalk and driveway.
> A single piece of 4/0 cable run from one end to the other would be cheaper
> even with several ground rods and eutectic bonding.  Even if you include
> the
> trencher, having the driveway concrete sawed and filled afterwards, new
> bit
> of concrete work to fix the cuts, etc is couldn't cost even half of that.
> 
> Speaking of low impedance grounds, a flat sheet of copper with the
> equivalent mil volume as a wire will have a much lower impedance.  4"
> copper
> sheet that is .01" thick works wonderful even on mountain top sites. It
> just
> makes attaching it to the ground rods a bit trickier to deal with.  ;>)
> 
> Michael Baker  K7DD
> k7dd at cox.net
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of W2RU - Bud
> Hippisley
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 3:15 PM
> To: Tom Anderson
> Cc: w4lde at numail.org; TowerTalk
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Shack ground
> 
> 
> On Jun 16, 2010, at 5:27 PM, Tom Anderson wrote:
> 
> > 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?
> 
> Relocate the shack, or relocate the service entrance.  In my case, we did
> the latter....
> 
> I also had the telephone entrance relocated so that it came into the house
> within a few feet of the power line.  All grounds (power, telco, and ham
> shack cables) are tied together just outside the shack.
> 
> Bud, W2RU
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