This is all well and good, but what do you do when the Service Ground is 75
feet away on the other side of the house ?
73, Dick, W1KSZ
> From: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com> To: towertalk@contesting.com> Date: Mon, 6
> Oct 2008 11:29:24 -0700> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] House entrance ground for
> RF ground?> > On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 06:02:40 -0600, Ronald D Lowrance wrote:> >
> >One very important point is that the majority of Amateurs Radio Operators >
> >ignore and disregard is the connection of the station ground rod to the >
> >house main entrance ground rod. > > If this statement is true, it means that
> this majority is STUPID. The National > Electric Code was written by VERY
> SMART engineers. It is UNSAFE to violate the > NEC grounding and bonding
> requirements. > > >This prevents strange RF issues such as "ground loops".> >
> Horse pucky. Virtually all commonly held beliefs about "ground loops" are
> "old > wives' tales, based on a complete lack of understanding of the
> science, about > how power systems are wired, and about how antennas work. >
> > See the tutorials on Power and Grounding and on Interfacing Ham Gear and >
> Comput
ers on http://audiosystemsgroup.com/publish> > 73,> > Jim Brown K9YC> > >
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