What is the correct procedure for grounding an outdoor antenna?
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You'll find detailed instructions here:http://www.columbiaisa.50webs.com/antenna_grounding_explanation.htm
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Basically, driving a metal rod in the ground and running a grounding wire from the antenna (some have lugs for this) to the grounding rod. Electric supply stores have what you need and can give you tips. Some city code calls for copper, some don't care what you use. The electric supply store will know if your city has a specific code to deal with lightning arrestors/grounding.
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Rate it on a scale of 0-100 for how good a ground you want. Some may bury wire all over a field to get a good ground plane on a vertical antenna. So how far do you want to go? You can attach ground to cold water pipe, you can attach it on the street side pipe of your water meter, also to a copper plated ground rod.
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Hi Melvin,,, here is another site that may help you with the correct type adaptor plug for grounding. Check this out: www.geoharmony.co.uk
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Get an adapter to attach wires and plug it in. This antenna did not work well for me in a steel sided shop
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Hook up your coax to your antenna and seal around with heat shrink tubing or that new seal tape that is out..Ground pole two foot in ground with ground rod if you can with a 8 foot rebar.If no Copper rod is available.If you can not go down that far due to rocks or bolder under ground. I put in a 5 ft copper rod than tied in a #4 grounding wire 5ft out at a foot deep pointing away from the house due to I had a huge bolder under ground. Hope you can go straight down. Use a electric hammer from a tool rental place or a friends. Will make life a lot easier.Antenna grounds to metal of pole.Does not need to be grounded for this antenna..Mine has been fine for months. Take your time and do it right the first time. If you can get the base of antenna up minumum 20'. 40' would be ideal.Remember to guy line tie your pole 20' and above.Use a proper antenna mast. I have a telescoping mast from channel master. Check Amazon. Cheap poles will cause havoc if you have bad weather.Do not over tighten your radials "ground plane" or antenna pierces. Snug with lock washers.No lock tight.If you are afraid they will come loose than tape around connected antennas.Well good luck. Ham operator. 73s
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You can ground it easily with a u-clamp, some 16 gage aluminum wire and a grounding rod (available at Radio Shack) but I just mounted mine to a rafter in the attic. It gets just as good reception and it's out of the wind and rain so it will last much longer.
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It will need one or the other, a ground wire from the antenna base to ground will help
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You need to pull the plastic plug off the bottom of antenna and the plastic cap off the metal adapter at the end of the wire. After drilling hole for antenna to go thru, you then take the nut off and slide the bottom of antenna thru the hole you drilled and thru the wire hole and screw back on nut. then put the plastic cap back on the wire end to cover metal. You're done!
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Raise the antenna. Maybe purchase an external antenna and plug it into the antenna slot.
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I used the ground strap at my amateur radio station. You can use a copper water line, but be sure to connect a strap near where the line comes in from outside.
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You probably don't need it. But when the device has it's own ground wire, I imagine it will filter any induced or static charge the antenna may pick up.
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I put one in the garage for the outside lights and did not ground it. I just screwed it to the box. It worked just fine.
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sometimes they will not connect the ground to the switch but only to the box. On older houses they sometimes wrapped the ground around the incoming cables and locked it down under the holding clamp. if either of these is the case you can connect the ground wire from the switch to the box itself and it will be grounded. these switches have electronic components which may not work as well if not grounded in some capacity. also make sure the antenna is stretched out as much as possible. I fed the wire down thru a hole in the bottom of the box so it would hang out fully.
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I'd suggest buying a coax grounding block from any home improvement or hardware store as well as a grounding rod if you don't have any other already installed ground rod and 12ga or larger solid wire. It's a pretty standard installation - see video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuY-D9fQG_s . Grounding info starts at 5:35.
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Concur with previous comments. Best to mount it outdoor, chimney mount, using pipe, some strapping, and the brackets that come with the antenna.
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This is essentially a dipole, you cannot ground the antenna, it will not work.
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Yes the link Val posted is correct. You can find a grounding block at lowes, Menards, .... here. CableWholesale Single, 2.5GHz F-Pin (Coax) Grounding Block (200-278) What you do is connect the RG6 cable to it run a copper wire to it then to a ground point. Some examples of grounds would be metal gas piping on outide of house (you can buy a pipe clamp to connect dont drill into pipe), grounding rod, or copper water lines to name a few.Also make sure you have your tv connected to a surge protector power strip that is UL rated. Yes the link Val posted is correct. You can find a grounding block at lowes, Menards, .... here. CableWholesale Single, 2.5GHz F-Pin (Coax) Grounding Block (200-278) What you do is connect the RG6 cable to it run a copper wire to it then to a ground point. Some examples of grounds would be metal gas piping on outide of house (you can buy a pipe clamp to connect dont drill into pipe), grounding rod, or copper water lines to name a few.Also make sure you have your tv connected to a surge protector power strip that is... » Read More Yes the link Val posted is correct. You can find a grounding block at lowes, Menards, .... here. CableWholesale Single, 2.5GHz F-Pin (Coax) Grounding Block (200-278) What you do is connect the RG6 cable to it run a copper wire to it then to a ground point. Some examples of grounds would be metal gas piping on outide of house (you can buy a pipe clamp to connect dont drill into pipe), grounding rod, or copper water lines to name a few.Also make sure you have your tv connected to a surge protector power strip that is UL rated. « Show Less
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There are no special grounding requirements for this antenna. It is primarily a passive device. The amplifier that is between the antenna coax and the TV merely boost the signal. Of course as with any device that is wired into your home, if lightning strikes it is possible for it to travel down the coaxial cable. This should not be a major worry because, as I mentioned, the antenna is a passive device that merely is sensitive to radio waves. It won't attract lightening.I hope this answer is helpful.