[Elecraft] Lightning in New Mexico

[Phil Townsend]

The ground rod (#1) I placed just outside my shack/ house is about 16 or 17 feet from the meter/ ground rod that connects to the AC mains.  
So if I run a bunch of fat parallel wires that are bonded to BOTH ground rods that will be a good thing to do. (and required...by law)(knock on the the door ITS the ground police)


As a matter of fact during the lightning season I disconnect the antennas from my gear when it looks like the Wx is gonna go south. (South,??? why not North???)

Antennas consist of a 20 meter Gap vertical and nested marconi for 40m and 80m at 24 feet... Kinda like a dipole.
These antennas run to an outside remote coax switch. 
I have beat into the dirt another 8' foot ground rod(G.R. #2) next to the outside coax switch
and have installed a Poly Phasor on the output coax that goes into the shack and poly phasors on each of the coax cables from the antennas.
All the poly phasor's ground lugs are connected to ground rod #2. (Each Poly phasor has its own wire going to ground rod #2)

This remote coax switch and ground rod #2 are about 12 feet from the AC mains.

If I understand correctly, I should also bond this ground rod #2 to the the AC mains ground rod as well????

But if I do that then those antennas will be connected to the grounds in the house via the AC mains ground rod?????
This seems counterintuitive? I mean... now there will be the very real possibility of lightning in the house wiring???

Again Thank you for your help!!!


Phil
Santa Fe

P.S... We get lightning almost as bad as Florida.