[TowerTalk] Solid copper ground wire supplier

[Ron W8RJL]

If you take a direct lightning hit on your tower the size wire between the 
tower legs and the ground rods does matter.
In the book "Compehesive Grounding and Protection of Communications Sites 
they say #2 AWG minimum.
I believe the Motorola R56 Grounding document also shows #2 AWG for 
grounding towers.
The wire should be as short as possible and have as few bends as possible, 
any bends should be gradual. If possible have the wire cadwelded to the 
ground rods. Do it right the first time and it will last a long long time 
with little maintenance.
73, Ron W8RJL.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony" <dxdx at optonline.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 12:36 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Solid copper ground wire supplier


> On 10/11/2011 9:28 AM, Jim Lux wrote:
>
>> AWG10 solid is also used for a lot of
>> things.  If you want bigger (AWG2 or 2/0), then stranded is where it's
>> at, although I don't know why you would need something that big for a
>> tower (you see it where it needs to bridge across something moving: like
>> a gate or a tilt fixture)
> Hi Jim,
>
> So there's no advantage in grounding a tower with AGW 2/0 vs #10?
>
> Tony
>
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