[TowerTalk] What is a single point ground

Paul Christensen w9ac at arrl.net
Sat Jun 19 19:23:40 PDT 2010


> The "single point ground" (SPG) really refers to the bonding of the
> equipment that you are trying to protect and all of the cables feeding 
> that
> equipment.  It has nothing to do with the rest of the ground system other 
> than being
> bonded to it. The ground system can and often is made up of many different 
> individual
> grounds consisting of ground rods, radials, tower ground  etc.

Great summary, Gary.  Wish that would have been emphasized about about 50 
messages ago!

Paul, W9AC



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