Ham Radio: Lightning / Grounding

Antennas and Grounds for Apartments
ARRL 1980 article on ham radio antennas and grounds for apartments. From QST.

Assorted Grounding Hints and Kinks and Technical Correspondence
ARRL QST articles on grounding from the Hints and Kinks section.

Choices and consequences of station lightning protection
This website outlays the basic knowledge, safe design and installed equipment that are employed in the lightning protection system of a US Coast Guard Auxiliary Radio Facility. This should also be relevant to the Civil Air Patrol, MARS, and Amateur Radio stations who provide emergency communications capability for public safety or the military.

Discussion on concrete conductivity. references, measurements, standards. From K1TTT archive.

Different grounds for different shacks
ARRL Lab notes, 1996. Answers to common questions like "could I use a water pipe instead?"

Information on doping ground rods.

Grounding Concepts and Techniques, and mobile grounding

Notes on grounding hardline from K1TTT.

Grounding Q&A
ARRL article on grounding. How important is a ground? What are the ground/counterpoise alternatives to driving an 8-foot metal pole into the ground? How do I get a balanced antenna? How do mobile HF operators get RF grounds?

Grounding Systems for Amateur Radio Stations by WA6BFH.
- Safety Grounds vs. Radio Frequency (RF) Grounds
- The RF or Radio Frequency Grounding System
- The practical station ground
- Ground Loops (and the worst case scenario)
- Why use a Ground Cage
List of definitions for the issue of grounding ham radio stations.