User Manual Part 2
Link CX-24 User’s Manual
Version 1.0 Page 60 February 2004
Ground-mounted support structures should be connected at their base to a ground ring through sacrificial
ground lugs. Towers should have a connection from each leg.
A ground ring should consist of copper cable or solid copper tape, with ground rods equally spaced at 2 m
intervals around the base of the structure as close to it as possible. The ground ring is buried
approximately 0.6 m deep where soil conditions allow. An alternative method using radials rather than
rings is detailed in The “Grounds” for Lightning and EMP Protection, published by PolyPhaser
Corporation.
The ground ring should be connected to the main building ground by the most direct route, and should be
buried as appropriate.
Roof-mounted structures should be connected to the main building ground by the most direct route, using
sacrificial lugs and copper cable or tape as appropriate. Tower guy wires should be directly bonded at
their lowest point to a suitable ground electrode or connected to the site ground by the most direct route.