[TowerTalk] Does prevailing grounding scheme promote large ground loop?

[Dick Blumenstein]

David-

You might tell that to Glen Zook, K9STH, who I understand had been 
writing articles for electronic magazines for decades:

     <www.w0btu.com/files/misc/R.F._Grounding_primer_2.pdf>

Dick, K0CAT

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David Robbins wrote on 7/24/2016 12:39 PM:
> There is no such thing as an 'RF Ground'.
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dick
> Blumenstein
> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2016 16:04
> To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Does prevailing grounding scheme promote large ground
> loop?
>
>   From everything I've read, the prevailing overall grounding technique is to
> run a heavy duty copper wire from the grounding system around the tower,
> back to the ground rod outside the shack wall as well as to run it to the
> ground rod under where your AC power enters the house.
>
> It just occurred to me that the AC ground wire, besides going into the house
> and connecting to the chassis ground in the breaker box (where also all the
> neutral white wires are connected) then proceeds throughout your house and
> also to your ham radio shack equipment. It is here that the ground wire also
> connects to all the chassis in your shack as well as the shields on your
> coax connectors that also finds it way back outside your shack wall to the
> ground rod; one huge ground loop.  I know that there are 2 issues here; RF
> grounding and lightning protection. Any comments about that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dick, K0CAT
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