[TowerTalk] Ground question

[KD0RII]

Why are you burying the radials?  Their length has to do with the 
frequency you're using.  They don't necessarily have to be straight.

73 de George, KD0RII


On 5/10/2018 16:16, k7lxc--- via TowerTalk wrote:
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>>    I am putting in a fairly short tower in my backyard; 35ft of Rohn 25g.
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>>    I will have 3 ground rods around the base. The tower is next to my house so my ground radial field will be semi-circular.
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>>    I will be putting 8 ft ground rods every 16 ft. My lot is about 35 ft. deep so radials will be 32 ft. Long buried about 16 in. Underground.
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>>    1. How many radials do I need and
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>      Why do you need all these radials for a 35 foot tower? Are you going to be using it as a vertical? Then your question would be germane. If it's for lightning (that's LIGHTNING), it's overkill IMO.
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>      Oregon only gets about 5 lightning days per year - not very significant. One ground wire per leg is fine - you pick the length. If it was my tower, I wouldn't bother.
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>      Get the N0AX lightning book and read it. Methinks you're mixing up a lightning ground and an RF ground.
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> Cheers,
> Steve     K7LXC
> TOWER TECH
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