[TowerTalk] SPG or whatever it is called now, to coax entrance ground question

jimlux jimlux at earthlink.net
Sun Jun 20 07:31:57 PDT 2010


Gary Schafer wrote:
> I would stay a few feet away from the house. The ground right near the
> foundation is dryer than it is out away from the house. Where the rain drips
> off the roof may not be a bad place as it gets more moisture when it rains,
> the time you also worry about lightning.
> 

Good point...  Although, the whole discussion strikes me as a 
"overthinking" the problem a bit.. A few feet one way or another 
probably doesn't make much difference.




> 73
> Gary  k4FMX
> 
>>>  How far or close to the house should I place it?
>> It doesn't really matter.. The goal is to make sure that the two points
>> are at "reasonably" the same potential. If it were me, I'd snug it right
>> up against the foundation: 1)less likely to stick a shovel through it
>> when gardening or driving something into the soil and 2) concrete is
>> usually higher conductivity than soil.. might as well take advantage of
>> it.
>>
> 


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