[R-390] Grounds

[mikea]

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 09:32:50AM -0700, wli wrote:
> >As long as we're on the subject of grounding........
>
> So I am asking, what is the opinion for those of us on the second
> story in a wood house with a galvanized metal roof?
>
> I am thinking that you could use the entire roof as a counterpoise.
> Then run a thick braid down to a earthing rod. At the moment, I have a
> vertical lashed to the chimney, and a lightning arrestor attached to
> my steel roof with a copper braid down to a grounding rod.

I'm not in that position at the moment, thank goodness, but I'd think
that the more copper straps or braids you could put down to ground rods,
the better. All of them loop-and-bend-free, of course, to keep the
inductance as low as possible.

Do please let us know what your results are, as you continue in this
investigation. 

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
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Tired old sysadmin