I never ran a station ground when I was on the second floor and never had a 
problem. That is not a lightning ground so there's no harm in trying it. 
Some think that's a lightning ground but fact is, if lightning gets that 
far, there's no point to a ground anyway because the equipment is fried and 
probably a lot more than that. That's just for stray RF and a lot of people 
don't run them and even run big power and never have any problem.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Gillen ZL1CHM" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 10:02 PM
Subject: Station ground?


> Any thoughts on station ground or lack of it?  I am looking at putting my 
> ha=
> m shack in a room on the second floor of our new house. However there is 
> no e=
> asy way to get to ground from that room.  I assume I should not use the 
> elec=
> trical ground for the station ground.  What do you think about not using a 
> s=
> tation ground and all?
>
> Scott
> ZL1CHM / N0HOK
> Auckland New Zealand=20
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