buffalobill wrote:
see:
http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/lightning.html

Kurt Gavin wrote:
Does an outdoor TV antenna mounted on a regular 7 ft steel fence pole need
further grounding. (It works fine for local stations).

In other words, the steel pole is about a foot into the soil, and the
antenna is bolted to it. (There's also a guy wire for stability).

This should bleed builtup charges to the ground, right?

This should bleed a lightening strike to the ground, right?

If all it takes for an adequate lightning protection ground is a steel
pole a foot in the ground, why is everyone else using real ground rods?
I'm surprised a pole a foot in the ground can even support the
antenna.

If it were my install, it would have a proper ground on the mast, as
well as a lightning arrestor with ground where the cable enters the
building.




If more grounding is needed, how should it be done?