I use the "Delta Loop" grounding system, with triangle spacing of 9 feet and
some with 18 feet. I dope the rods every quarter.
Have been hit a dozen times but nothing ever got in the shack.
Once during a heavy storm I had a passerby call the Police said my tower was
on fire....it was just the "spider balls discharging as the tower build up
energy.
-Bill ... KC4PE
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim
Brown
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 12:52 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lightning protection - length of grounding rodsruns
from tower?
On Fri,1/30/2015 9:43 AM, Ray Benny wrote:
> Now that someone mentioned the equilateral triangle, things begin to
> fall in place.
Ray,
I think you're focusing on the wrong concept here. Go back and study what
Jim Lux, W6RMK, said about the superiority of Ufer grounds in desert terrain
and the "sphere of influence" of earth electrodes.
73, Jim K9YC
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