Depends on the type of antenna. Shunt fed half wave or 5/8th wave are grounded at the bottom. Quarter wave over a ground grid will have a loading network at the base. And it will be hot.
Most broadcast antennas have a matching network that frequently has a large coil made of copper tubing. You can run your cat5 inside the copper tubing without problems. Also take a look at how the tower lighting power gets up the tower. You may be able to just follow the same route. From: Jesse DuPont Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 6:09 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: [AFMUG] AM Tower Deployment So... I realize that default answer to my next questions is "turn and run", but I'm thinking about deploying on an AM tower. Is it as simple as electrically insulating all equipment and cabling from the tower with their own dedicated (insulated from the tower) ground or is it more complicated than that? Obviously, the transmitter has to be off during installation and on-tower maintenance. Other considerations? Thanks for any insight. -- Jesse DuPont Network Architect email: jesse.dup...@celeritycorp.net Celerity Networks LLC Celerity Broadband LLC Like us! facebook.com/celeritynetworksllc Like us! facebook.com/celeritybroadband -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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