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(PeteCresswell)

Per :
In that situation the technically correct thing to do would
be to have another ground rod on the end of the house
with the antenna and have that ground rod bonded to the ground rod at
the main panel. However there are plenty of houses out there that
just have the antenna ground on one end and the panel grounded on the
other. This common
ground is one reason utilities, ie electric, phone, cable,
etc come in at the same place.

Given that one of the building's grounds is a cold water pipe, it
sounds like attaching that antenna ground wire to the nearest
cold water pipe would do the trick.

Or would I be trying to electrocute anybody who happened tb using
a faucet at the time of the strike?
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Pete Cresswell