How do I ground TV antenna?

Thanks everyone,

I'm going to go with multiple rods.

Paul

You don't ground the antenna
You ground the pipe that is the mast holding the antenna
There are RF chokes, that Will act as a short to grd, but send the RF signal down the coax to the tv, this connects between the coax and the mast at the mounting point of the antenna

pbolden wrote:
But for lightening purposes do I have to sink an 8 foot rod or can I ground it to the chassi?

Thanks,
Paul

Sink the ground rod,, 2 of 'em, 10 feet into perma-moist soil (LIke where the air conditioner drips. One is ok but I'd go with two.

Also put a ground block on the coax or better yet a lightening arrestor type.

For safety. if lightening threatens,, Disconnect at mast base (Put the ground block on the mast say 3-6 feet from ground) and remove coax to trailer to storage compartment.. Of course you can not watch TV this way. but Well.. In the event the mast takes a strike, the EMP will fry your electroincs.. So it's your choice.

Radio tower behind my office once took a direct hit.... Office is perhaps 200 yards away (And as a radio dispatcher we used that tower) and underground.. IT was STILL impressive.

What was even more impressive: EVERYTHING STILL WORKED after the computers rebooted.

I have a steel mast holder for my DIY TV antenna. It bolts through the aluminum siding of the trailer. The aluminum siding is attached at multiple points to the frame. The frame is a ground and, if I'm plugged in to shore power, the ground is continuous to shore load center.

Yes, if lightning hits the antenna, there will be a long, multiple path to ground but I'm thinking I'll have more to worry about then directing those volts. If I was parked for a long time, I'd wire to a ground rod, it probably wouldn't be 8'.

I take it that everyone is in agreement that I need to use an 8ft rod and that there are no other functional alternatives?

Paul

camperpaul wrote:
Th 8 ft ground rods can be easily extracted with an adapter on an old-fashioned "bumper jack".

Thanks. I didn't realize that you'd have room for such accessaories. As I said, not an RVer.

SaltiDawg wrote:
Not an RVer, but I assume that you'll treat these 8' lengths as "consumables" and leave a string of them behind as you travel the nation's highways? :B

Since his trailer is a park model, I doubt that he will be doing much traveling.

Th 8 ft ground rods can be easily extracted with an adapter on an old-fashioned "bumper jack".

Not an RVer, but I assume that you'll treat these 8' lengths as "consumables" and leave a string of them behind as you travel the nation's highways? :B

Ground rod.