That is a mistake. You DO need to ground your feed lines, through transient protectors, outside before they come into the house. And that ground must be bonded to the house utility ground. That is for lightning protection.Wont bother setting up an outside ground unless I get RF inside the shack.
When people get wound up about the usual spat over whether or not a "shack ground" or "safety ground" or "equipment ground" are needed, it unnecessarily confuses people. They're ignoring much more important issues.
You'll hear now from people who will say things like "Oh, I've never grounded my feedlines and I've never had a lightning strike". Ignore them. What they're really saying is "I'm too lazy or stupid to do it right and so far have been lucky that lightning hasn't burned down my poorly grounded station"
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