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K3LOE@lemmy.radio ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Fair warning, this rabbit hole goes deep … very deep!

I haven’t met a shallow ham hole yet!

laws and requirements for grounding (and associated lighting protection) vary across the globe and within a country

Yes, was curious to get an international picture of practices here…

your best bet is a locally licensed electrician or better yet, one who is also an amateur.

Fair enough, you’ve inspired me to at least ask my club if we have an amateur electrician in the area. I do have a pretty simple station, however, so I had planned to do this myself.

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Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I think we need to clarify you want a PROFESSIONAL electrician who’s also a RADIO amateur.

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- K3LOE@lemmy.radio ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Right, just a typo.
  
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- vk6flab@lemmy.radio ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Indeed.
  
  I concede that my wording could be open to interpretation.
  
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vk6flab@lemmy.radio ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
It’s likely no difficult to actually do, just determining what’s required and permitted.

Your club is a good starting point.

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