[TowerTalk] Tower grounding connections and foundation

Patrick Greenlee patrick_g at windstream.net
Sat Aug 8 13:51:58 EDT 2015



On 8/8/2015 12:32 PM, JVarney wrote:
> Also, I misquoted TIA-222-G: #00 is not specifically required, it says
> connections between tower and rods shall be "not smaller in surface area
> than 2/0 solid." I interpret that to mean that the spec could be met with
> multiple strands of #4 or #6 in parallel.
>
>
Since it is the surface area that is key in the wording why not a wide 
thin copper strap.  Not in a reductio ad absurdum manner but similar to 
the copper foil straps/tapes used commonly for RF grounding.


Patrick       NJ5G


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