[TowerTalk] Lightning protection - length of grounding rodsruns from tower?

[Ray Benny]

George,

Your're right, an equilateral triangle is 60 degrees.

However, I decided to make my ground rod layout at 45 degrees to maximize
the theoretical ground rod area coverage and minimize the overlap.

Tnx,

Ray



On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 11:33 AM, <gdaught6 at stanford.edu> wrote:

> Hi Ray,
>
> > Eight equilateral triangles fills the circle,
>
> Hmmmmm.  Shouldn't that be SIX equilateral triangles?  If they are
> equilateral, they
> are also equiangular, 60 degrees at each apex.  Put one apex of each at
> the center, and
> you've got all 360 degrees taken.  The perimeter forms a hexagon, right?
>
> 73,
>
> George T Daughters, K6GT
> CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
> October 3-4, 2015
>
>
>