[TowerTalk] Grounding

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Tue Sep 3 15:25:48 EDT 2019


On 9/3/2019 5:24 AM, Julio Peralta via TowerTalk wrote:
> I've read that when using an 8' ground rod , the rods should be separated by
> 2X the length of the rods or 16'. However unless I missed it I haven't seen
> a distance mentioned for the first rods from the base.

If the tower base is a Ufer ground, 8-16 ft is a good spacing for the 
first rods. If the base is not Ufer, I'd go for 8 ft. Either way, one to 
each leg.

73, Jim K9YC


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