[TowerTalk] Shack to service entrance ground

[Lux, Jim]

On 8/19/23 10:29 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 8/19/2023 7:35 AM, Mike H wrote:
>> 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."
>
> Yes, BUT -- if there is 120VAC at the tower, a green wire must be 
> carried with phase and neutral.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC 


But there, the grounding conductor only needs to be the same size as the 
power conductor (AWG 14 or 12, probably).