Amen. Without getting your station in the middle of the connection.
And if not, all the miscellaneous house wiring and coax will be
participating in equalizing local ground charge during a close strike.
Pop and Pffftt time.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wes Attaway (N5WA)" <wes@attawayinterests.com>
To: "Van Fair" <vfair@innova.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 11:14 PM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Fw: ground
> You need to tie all the grounds together.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Van Fair
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 10:00 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Fw: ground
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Van Fair
> To: towertalk-request@contesting.com
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 11:16 AM
> Subject: ground
>
>
> The power company in my area offers a whole house surge
> protection system which mounts behind the meter for $5 per month.
> I recently had it installed in my home. They installed a new
> meter ground rod which changed my ground from 150 ohms to 65
> ohms. In talking to the installer I told him about my ground at
> the tower which measured 120 ohms and the ground at my rig which
> measured 195 ohms. Since I have 3 ground systems There is
> potential for a problem.
>
> The tower grounds and the rig grounds are connected via the 5
> coax shields which are all grounded to the rod at the base of the
> tower. . All the rig and tuner grounds go to one point on the
> operating table and from there 10 feet to another 10 ft ground
> rod. The rigs are also grounded through the AC cords to the
> house ground. Question? Should I tie my central ground point on
> the operating table to the house ground via the ground on the 240
> volt plug. Do I have a potential problem. Suggestions.
>
> By the way the power company used a chemical welding device
> called a oneshot GR1161G to weld the ground wire to the ground
> rod. Its a small ceramic tube which fits over the rod and burns
> gunpowder and a starter to develop heat to make the weld. A neat
> little device. He also used a 120 volt device like a big drill
> which drove the rod in the ground in 30 seconds. NEAT.
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