<<<I have a 120-foot run of 1-5/8 inch LDF7-50A Heliax that is grounded at the base of the tower and at the cable entrance to the shack. The cable entrance is a 12x 16 inch aluminum plate that has 26 coaxial feed thru connectors (I have over 17 antennas). The mains (electrical meter box) is grounded on the other side of the house so to bond them would take 50+28+50= 128 feet of ground wire. That might be effective if It was #6 or larger. I got better places to spend money.>>>
I disagree only on this one point Ed. The entrance ground must be bonded to the mains ground. Not doing so sets us up for very big problems. As a matter of fact the better we ground our entrance panels and our antennas, the more we set ourselves up for problems from hits on the power line or power line faults. My ground bonding connection runs directly under the house with wide flashing to my mains ground. I also have a halo ground surrounding the house that bonds my TV tower and everything else entering the house to my mains ground and entrance ground. 73 Tom ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
