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Old 25-May-2012, 4:30 PM   #17
GroundUrMast
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The 30' run for the mast ground is not impractical or uncommon. I'd have no concern about running a piece of #10 copper that far.

The coax shield ground sounds like it may be a bit cumbersome... But one solution is to run the coax from the antenna down to a location close to the existing electrical service ground. Then, you have a very short run between the ground block and ground rod.

Which is easier, running a bit more coax, or driving a new rod and the #6 copper to connect it to the existing ground rod(s)?
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