[TowerTalk] Earth Ground: How good is good enough

[Jim Brown]

On 9/9/2021 9:41 AM, Artek Manuals wrote:
> I 've read a lot of articles over the years about ground systems and how 
> to build a good one. Most of them ignore actual soil conditions and few 
> talk about the differences between "DC/AC (Low Freq)/Lightning" and RF 
> ground vs frequency

N0AX's ARRL book on the topic is excellent. Also, these two links may 
help. The first addresses grounding and bonding, the second about 
radial/countepoise systems for verticals.

http://k9yc.com/GroundingAndAudio.pdf
http://k9yc.com/160MPacificon.pdf

Some important points. The ONLY reasons for an earth connection are 1) 
lightning safety, and 2) to make certain RX antennas work (Beverages and 
some loops. An earth connection has NOTHING to do with noise reduction, 
and it does NOT make TX antennas work better. That's the function of 
radials/counterpoise.

73, Jim K9YC