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May 4th 2021, 13:00

KD0ZXY

Joined: Apr 9th 2014, 11:24
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I’m putting an OCF dipole, 2 10’steel masts on gables, 1 on a steel mast on a shed 75’. away. It will be coax from the feed point (4:1 current balun), air gap surge coupler before entering house. Coax from there to 1:1 balun near tuner. Everything is grounded to a common earth ground. I’m a newbee, and I’m wondering if and why I have to ground the 10’ steel mast - total height above ground is 26’.

Pls comment

Thanx,
KD0ZXY
May 5th 2021, 08:14

W1VT

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Joined: Apr 4th 1998, 00:00
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Grounding the mast is a National Electrical Code requirement.

Ground the antenna discharge unit (see Figure 810-7 un810-07 810-20C.cdr), the antenna mast, and antenna discharge unit (ground block) per 810.21
https://www.mikeholt.com/mojonewsarchive/NEC-HTML/HTML/Article810RadioTelevisionEquipment~20030110.htm

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