[TowerTalk] Shack ground

[Mark Spencer]

>NEC cares about "don't burn down the building" and "don't kill/injure 
>the occupants".  Disasters like the MGM Grand hotel fire and swimming 
>pool shocks feature a lot in the discussions of code makers when talking 
>about Article 250.


Don't burn down the building and don't kill / injure the occupants sound like a reasonable design criteria to me for the grounding of my amateur radio instalation.  The protection of my amateur radio gear takes a distant third place to protecting the lives of my family memebrs and our home.   Having a separate "RF ground" or antenna system ground that is not electrically connected to the electrical service ground by a dedicated ground wire would be a non starter for me.

Regards
Mark VE7AFZ