[TowerTalk] Earth Ground: How good is good enough

[RCM]

Download this, read it all, there will be a test.

Or chapters 4 and 5.

https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/Lands_ROW_Motorola_R56_2005_manual.pdf

> On Sep 9, 2021, at 14:41, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
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> 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
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> 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.
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> http://k9yc.com/GroundingAndAudio.pdf
> http://k9yc.com/160MPacificon.pdf
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> 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.
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> 73, Jim K9YC
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