Tower base concrete should not be in series between the tower and
ground. There should not be a voltage gradient across the concrete
base. All ground paths should be strapped around the concrete base.
73
Rob
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Hi Gene,
I do not know why you would try to insulate the radials from the pad.
The tower is grounded (I hope), the tower base is in the concrete, and the
concrete base is a big huge UFER ground. It makes no difference if the radials
are insulated from the base, since they are already very much
Gents:
When I constructed my Trylon tower in 2001, I also installed a
shunt-feed wire up the side for 160M. My RF radial system consisted of
about 11 #18 insulated wires in the dirt surrounding the tower base. I
recently purchased additional wire to augment those initial few and
hopefully
