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Written by Start a WISP Site Admin   
Monday, 18 April 2005
"I was wondering if anyone knows where there are good articles for showing the proper way to ground antennas to tower and then ground the tower.

I would also like to know if you are grounding the roof mounts that are made of metal and are approx. 6 - 9 feet"
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There is a Yahoo Group on grounding that is very technical. I forget what the name of it is, but if you are interested and can't find it I could dredge it up.

Essentially you ground the antenna to the tower by simply mounting it metal to metal. Sometimes the radio itself will have a grouding point which should be bonded to the tower at the mount point. If you have cable that runs for a ways down the tower or into a box/shed then you should put an arrestor in-line and ground it to the tower at the point.

A properly grounded tower is your best place to bond anything that needs to be grounded to keep the potentials even.

Grounding a tower effectively is a science, not a hobby. It's actually more complicated that I originally thought. You need to have several grounding points per tower leg and depending on the environment/soil there are many ways to ground the tower.

Oh, and if you have a client antenna above the high point on a home you should definately run a ground wire in as straight a line as possible to bond with the electrical D-Marq of the home (or the external house ground point). This does not assure that the house/antenna will survive a direct hit, but it will stop potential differences from adversly affecting your antenna and radio at the least.

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