I've been waiting to see if someone else mentions this ... A lightning ground should -never- be passed through concrete! I once saw a commercial tower in Tampa fail after lightning exploded the base on the way to "ground".
Modern tower installations done by competent contractors have their (multiple) ground rods placed outside the concrete. Trivia: The Tampa Bay area (Florida) has the highest incidence of lightning strikes in the Western Hemisphere. 73! Ken - K0PP elecraftcov...@gmail.com >> ...Is there any advantage in having the Copper ground rod >> surrounded by concrete over having the rod driven 6 feet >> straight into the earth? ... > > In my limited experience, lightning + ground rod in concrete = BOMB. > Of course, lightning can turn just about anything into a bomb. > > Chuck N4XS ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
