A lightning ground is never, never never never a good idea in the shack, 
that's suicide for you, everyone in the house, and your equipment and 
probably the house. You want an RF ground, that can be connected inside but 
that's not needed on 2 meters and other vhf/uhf bands, you want a lightning 
ground, keep it outside. Run a heavy wire from the bottom of the antenna, 
where the mount is, to a ground rod, hook up a lightning arrester in line , 
whatever your method preference, but never ever put a lightning ground in 
the shack. In side should be RF only.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Tillinghast" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: grounding question


> Hi Tom,  Polyphaser is a good idea.  Grounding it below the antenna is the
> best.  Grounding again in the shack is better, cold water pipe can work as
> well.  It depends on what is available to the proximity of the radio room.
> Gary KB2YAA
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 1:56 PM
> Subject: grounding question
>
>
> Hi, all.
>
> As many of you know, I'm planning to put in a ground rod for an HF station
> earth ground here at the new home QTH in Colorado if I can get the weather
> to co-operate, and be above freezing for a while.
>
> However, in thinking about grounding, I have another question.
>
> My VHF/UHF antenna here at the new house is a Diamond X200A.  It is 
> mounted
> with a bracket to the side of the house, just below the roof line.  The 
> coax
> for that antenna runs from the feedpoint, around the house, and into the
> feed-through panel at the shack window.
>
> How do you ground an antenna like this for lightning protection?
>
> I suppose that, when summer thunderstorms approach, I could simply
> disconnect the antenna, and hope for the best, but I wonder what others 
> have
> tried.  There are no grounding instructions provided with the antenna
> itself.
>
> See everyone on the Cross-country Blind Ops Net in a couple of hours!
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ