I am working on the layout for my tower lightning ground system. I have on hand about 275 feet of #2 bare solid copper. I also have 17 8-foot ground rods. I've read that lightning protection "radials
Why do you want to go 65 feet out? Seems to me the minimum distance from the tower to keep the ground rods 16 feet apart would be better. For 4 rods 90 degrees apart, that's just over 11 feet. If you
I have on hand about 275 feet of #2 bare solid copper. I also have 17 8-foot ground rods. A widely accepted rule of thumb is that rods should be physically separated by 1X-2X their length. That's bec
My 89' UST with a tall mast and lots of antennas was professionally installed and had 4 #2 solid copper "radials" about 25 feet each. First, antennas on this tower worked really well and second, I am
Why do you want to go 65 feet out? Seems to me the minimum distance from the tower to keep the ground rods 16 feet apart would be better. For 4 rods 90 degrees apart, that's just over 11 feet. If you
I would run 10 or 12 radial wires out 15'-20' to your ground rods. I would make one longer run from tower ground over to you main entrance point. I would adjust the number and lengths of radial wire
I followed the guidance and have 4 spokes of 40 feet with two rods each plus a couple next to the tower. Plus a bare buried run of 110 feet to the shack/shop Ufer foundation 250ft perimeter footing g
Art, My tower had a direct lightning hit the evening of May 9, 2019. This was observed visually by my daughter who lives on my place of 16 acres. She sent me a text asking if I knew lightning had str
This is exactly the scenario I've imagined. Thankfully, it hasn't happened here yet. I think it's virtually impossible to completely protect the equipment, at least without building a new house, but
I had a similar experience. A stack match was the only item on the tower that was damaged -- relays fused, PCB trace vaporized. But everything connected to my shack computer was damaged or destroyed.