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Subj: Aluminum as a ground system
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** NEWSGROUP: rec.radio.amateur.antenna
** FROM : Ed <Huckleberry_REMOVE_@bigvalley.net>
A new commercial radio hilltop vault is being installed in my area....
and the contractor has installed the tower and vault ground ring with
aluminum wire/cable, I have been advised. I do NOT know the gauge of
the wire, but I am curious what your thoughts are on this issue. I have
been involved the past 35 years of my career in a number of ground
installations and every one of those used large copper cable... no
aluminum anywhere. The last of these I saw was 6 or 7 years ago.
QUESTION: Are aluminum ground systems becoming common? Are they
reliable, even after absorbing some heavy strikes? Any other comments?
Ed K7AAT on the Oregon Coast
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