[TowerTalk] CDwelding a tower leg

[Michael Goins]

And why not just physically disconnect when not operating? I remove the
coax and the rotor feedline from the station input and attach it to the
tower making no path. Absolutely the most simple way.

Mike, k5wmg
Fast cars, slow boats, good dogs, and summers off to write



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On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Frank <frankkamp at att.net> wrote:

> Nope, never been hit by lightning in over 30 years of hamming.  Evidently
> you have had that misfortune.
>
> Ever wonder if there might be something you don't understand about static
> build-up?
>
> My tower is grounded by virtue of the tower leg bottoms stuck in sand and
> dirt below the concrete.  I don't need any additional grounding.
>
> The tower acts like a big lightning rod.  Contrary to popular belief,
> lightning rods don't attract lightning, they dissipate static charge.  At
> least mine seems to work that way.  Your milage may differ.
>
> Cqtestk4xs at aol.com wrote:
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>  You ever take a lightning hit?  I have several times and it was
>>  uh....exciting.  Towers were extensively grounded but not to a common
>>  ground with the house.  Three tower legs are not an extensive ground and
>>  will not dissapate a direct hit and will likely make a beeline to your
>> shack on  the coax to finish the job on its way to your home grounding
>> system through the  house.  You are living on borrowed time with that
>> attitude.  Extensive  grounding is your best friend and the insurance
>> company's.
>>
>> Bill K4XS/KH7XS
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>> In a message dated 9/17/2012 1:17:23 P.M. Coordinated Universal Time,
>> frankkamp at att.net writes:
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>> I fail  to see why a ground is needed at all.  Surely the lower two feet
>> of  tower is firmly embedded in dirt with the concrete anchor above  that.
>>  If it was done that way those three tower legs should serve as  some
>> pretty good ground rods.  At least my version of common sense  tells me so.
>>  I will have to admit that common sense has not always  been kind.
>>  Sometimes it does not make sense at all and becomes just  common bs.  I am
>> wondering what it might be on this topic?   Anyone venture a guess?
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