Dick:
I'm sure some hams face the same problem I do. My tower and grounds are on one
side of the house and the electric co. grounds are on the other. To get to
them, I'd have to drill a hole underneath my driveway and a good portion of the
house, probaly 60-70 feet at least to reach them. There was no way with this
house layout that the tower could have been put anywhere near the electric
service co. grounds, my tower would have been in the middle of my driveway hi
hi. I just ended up grounding each legs of the crank up tower, bonding all
three together with #2 solid and tying them to the station grounds about 10
feet away. Still had to drill there about 10 ft. under a patio to connect the
tower and station grounds.
Tom, WW5L
--- On Mon, 10/6/08, Dick Green WC1M <wc1m@msn.com> wrote:
> From: Dick Green WC1M <wc1m@msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] House entrance ground for RF ground?
> To: "'Bob Maser'" <bmaser@tampabay.rr.com>, k1ttt@arrl.net, "'TowerTalk'"
> <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 11:15 AM
> I think both Dave and Bob are correct. Best thing to do is
> install a proper
> single-point ground (SPG) as close to the station as
> possible. This can
> consist of one or more ground rods bonded together with
> low-impedance wire
> or copper strap. The SPG should be bonded to the electric
> company ground, as
> well as the tower/antenna ground system. Your station
> connection should be
> to the SPG. Ideally, the SPG should be bonded to a metal
> plate on the side
> of the house where the cables from your antennas attach to
> lightning
> suppressors before they enter the house.
>
> 73, Dick WC1M
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob Maser [mailto:bmaser@tampabay.rr.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 5:18 PM
> > To: k1ttt@arrl.net; 'TowerTalk'
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] House entrance ground for RF
> ground?
> >
> > I don't think that using the electric company
> ground is a very good
> > idea.
> > It is usually just a single ground rod that they pound
> into the ground
> > near
> > the electric box.
> >
> > Bob W6TR
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Robbins K1TTT"
> <k1ttt@arrl.net>
> > To: "'TowerTalk'"
> <towertalk@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 5:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] House entrance ground for RF
> ground?
> >
> >
> > That is exactly the right thing to do.
> >
> > David Robbins K1TTT
> > e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
> > web: http://www.k1ttt.net
> > AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Gary Slagel [mailto:gdslagel@yahoo.com]
> > > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 20:48
> > > To: TowerTalk
> > > Subject: [TowerTalk] House entrance ground for RF
> ground?
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > My shack is on the first floor of the house and
> right above the
> > electrical
> > > service entrance in the basement. For my station
> RF and DC ground,
> > I'm
> > > thinking I'll run a 10' wire from the
> station down to the electrical
> > > entrance ground wire which, of course, runs right
> out to ground rods
> > > outside the house. Is there any problem with this
> or should I be
> > running
> > > to a separate ground rod?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any opinions!
> > >
> > > Gary Slagel/N0SXX
> > > Hot Springs, SD
> > > http://marina.fortunecity.com/sanpedro/351
> > >
> > >
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