[TowerTalk] Grounding

[Jim Brown]

Your "theory" has some big holes. I suggest that you study either N0AX's 
recent ARRL book on grounding and bonding, or my own tutorial slide show 
on the topic. I worked extensively with Ward on the book, and you'll 
find my tutorial referenced in it.

http://k9yc.com/GroundingAndAudio.pdf

73, Jim K9YC

On 9/4/2019 6:16 PM, K9MA wrote:
> My theory has always been that, with the station equipment well bonded 
> together, it is safe to leave the ground connected, as long as 
> EVERYTHING else is disconnected. That leaves no path for current to flow 
> through anything. I can disconnect the transmitting antennas with one 
> coax, all the control cables and rx antennas with another big connector, 
> and power with one 120 and one 240 V plug. That just leaves the ethernet 
> cable, which I try not to forget.