Should the bolts for the tower be bonded to the structural steel in the
concrete base?
Mike
AD6AA
--- On Tue, 12/2/08, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>
> Also, be sure to bond the tower to structral steel in the
> concrete tower
> base, bond all elements of that structural steel together,
> and bond all
> of that to the ground electrode system. That concrete base
> now becomes a
> Ufer ground electrode, which, in general, tend to be a
> rather good ground
> because they have a lot of conductor (concrete) in contact
> with the
> earth.
> 73,
>
> Jim Brown K9YC
>
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