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Re: [TowerTalk] Shack to service entrance ground

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Shack to service entrance ground
From: "Lux, Jim" <jim@luxfamily.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 10:36:18 -0700
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On 8/19/23 10:29 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 8/19/2023 7:35 AM, Mike H wrote:
According the the ARRL Grounding and Bonding book, Good Practices and Guidelines:

"Should I bond my tower to the station ground?

...Once the distance (between tower and station) exceeds 40 to 50 feet, however, the inductance of the ground conductor will be too high for the bond to be effective."

Yes, BUT -- if there is 120VAC at the tower, a green wire must be carried with phase and neutral.

73, Jim K9YC


But there, the grounding conductor only needs to be the same size as the power conductor (AWG 14 or 12, probably).


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