I dislike guy wire insulators and like to use the guy wires to spread
out the tower grounding too. With my tower grounds separated from the
house grounds I suffer no damage from direct hits on the tower.
73, Jerry, K0CQ
Stuart Rohre wrote:
>
> Ideal grounding theory now advocates putting ring heavy conductor all
around
> the house. Attach to this the power ground at meter, (in addition to its
> rod), telephone ground wire, and its rod; rig entry panel ground, and
> depending on how far the tower is from the house, a bond to the tower.
> However, the tower should have crowfoot grounds from each leg into the
> earth. Do not allow the tower hit to have a better path back to the house
> than dissipating close to the tower legs.
> 73,
> Stuart
> K5KVH
>
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