[TowerTalk] Shack to service entrance ground

[jim.thom jim.thom@telus.net]

Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 10:35:30 -0400
From: Mike H <mph at sportscliche.com>
To: k8zm at oh.rr.com, towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Shack to service entrance ground


<According the the ARRL Grounding and Bonding book, Good Practices and
<Guidelines:

<"Should I bond my tower to the station ground?

<...Once the distance (between tower and station) exceeds 40 to 50 feet,
<however, the inductance of the ground conductor will be too high for the
<bond to be effective."

<Mike WB2FKO

The tower is gonna ultimately be bonded to the station grnd anyway..... via
the braid of the coax.

IMO,  bond the braid of the coax at the top of the tower, and again at the
bottom of the tower, then at the SPG.

Then run BARE,  buried 2 ga CU stranded cable, from tower grnd setup to
SPG.  I used 2 ga cu stranded RW-90 power cable from each tower leg...to
it's own  8' rod...and cadwelded at the grnd rod.

Jim  VE7RF