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Connor, thank you for confirming the part where I said "Anyone that says a station ground is for the clueless or lazy does not understand just what a station ground is." I stand by what I said about just WHAT a station ground is. It is the single point ground where you ground your station. The electrical ground from your service entrance should also connect to that point as well as any other grounds. That single point is what prevents such things as ground loops that cause issues.

When you say "When Amateurs and CBers talk about a station ground they're invariably talking about piling a ground rod into the ground and connecting it via braid/wire/copper bus bar to the earth tabs on their radios/amps etc to act as a RF ground. " I in turn say that I cannot help it when other people use the improper terms to describe something. I will continue to use the proper terminology and not apologize for doing so. A station ground is not as you describe regardless of how many people think it is. On that we both agree however on what constitutes a STATION ground we seem to be in disagreement. I will continue to bond my electrical service entrance ground to my safety ground(usually the same thing over here) and also my RF ground and lightning ground systems all together but do it in ONE place only and THAT point becomes what is known as a station ground. It's the way we do it in commercial and broadcast installations here and we take many hits directly from lightning without damage and even the 50Kw AM stations with mod peaks of >200Kw don't cause havoc on the power distribution systems if things are done properly.