Well, there are many "complete fools" in Ham Radio who I know that do not grd
towers et al . . . including a former ARRL Pres who lives in my area and paid
the price of a lightning strike! Lots of Hams (Amateur is correct) play the
odds rather than spend the time, money and effort to do a grd system.
73, Alan K9MBQ
-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
>Sent: May 6, 2013 3:32 PM
>To: towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding - Tower Grounds
>
>On 5/6/2013 11:56 AM, Rip R wrote:
>> So what I am taking away from the thread on Grounding HDX-555 is that if
>> you are going to put up a tower you absolutely need to ground it. I hope to
>> be putting up a tower in a few weeks and had not really given this much
>> thought. I have not grounded any of my rigs and equipment over the years
>> and maybe this is a little risky too. At any rate, I will break open the
>> ARRL antenna handbook before I start this project.
>
>The best reference I know of is one of the later editions of the ARRL
>HANDBOOK (not the Antenna Book), which was either written by Jim Lux, or
>with his considerable input.
>
>Only a complete fool would not properly GROUND and BOND everything in an
>building, including a ham station, and the NEC is the RIGHT way to do
>it. The primary reason for an EARTH connection is LIGHTNING safety. The
>primary reasons for BONDING are lightning safety, fire safety, and
>personal safety (prevention of electrical shock). If BONDING is done
>properly, it can also minimize problems with power-related hum and buzz,
>and and RF interference.
>
>73, Jim K9YC
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