[TowerTalk] Radial Connection to tower

[Gary Schafer]

Hi Rick,

Why wouldn't you just run all of the radial wires up over the foundation to
a small ring or combined connections right at the tower?

73
Gary K4FMX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Richard (Rick) Karlquist
> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 8:40 PM
> To: Stan Stockton
> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com; Jim Lux
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Radial Connection to tower
> 
> 
> 
> On 12/13/2015 1:16 PM, Stan Stockton wrote:
> > Rick,
> >
> > OK.  Just read this.  What would your best suggestion be for me to
> most effectively fix what I have described?
> >
> > Stan, K5GO
> >
> 
> I think the general advice is to have a ring
> around your foundation where the radials attach,
> and then another ring immediately around the
> tower.  Between the rings you want a dozen or
> two "radials" that run across the concrete.
> No matter how good the ground radial system
> is outside the outer ring, you still need a
> good connection from the inner ring to the
> outer ring.  If you skimp, you will see the
> apparent resonant frequency of the vertical
> go down.  The bigger your foundation, the
> more important this is.
> 
> Rick N6RK
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