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Post by Kentucky Jim on Jan 29, 2009 21:27:59 GMT -5
Back a few years ago I put up a new antenna. I was told by our local CB repair nut that I had to attach the copper ground wire to the top of the mast where the antenna clamped on. That meant 30 feet of copper grounding wire from the ground rod to the top of the mast. Today a friend told me I only had to run the ground wire from the rod to the mast. A total of maybe 20 inches of wire rather than 30 feet. Is my friend right and the CB shop repair guy wrong?  ? |
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Post by Sandbagger on Jan 30, 2009 8:45:07 GMT -5
Back a few years ago I put up a new antenna. I was told by our local CB repair nut that I had to attach the copper ground wire to the top of the mast where the antenna clamped on. That meant 30 feet of copper grounding wire from the ground rod to the top of the mast. Today a friend told me I only had to run the ground wire from the rod to the mast. A total of maybe 20 inches of wire rather than 30 feet. Is my friend right and the CB shop repair guy wrong? ? If the mast is conductive, then it makes no sense to run the ground wire all the way to the base of the antenna. But you have to make sue that there is good electrical contact between the antenna and the mast, and the mast and the ground wire. If this is done, then there is no reason why the mast cannot be a part of your ground system. |
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