Hi Charles,
I dare to say anything conducting seems to work. It's hard to tell exactly
until it is tested. I used aluminum foil to screen off my entire shack (which
probably is an overkill but a 1 inch strip (or wider) 1/16" thick or similar
should be OK. Anything else with similar surface area such as pipes, square
stock or similar should also be OK. Any conductor such as copper, aluminium,
brass, bronze probably even steel would work. I, myself, is using a 6 " wide Al
strip behind my radio desk. That same strip is connected to my, close by, tower
for the completion of the grounding.
Best 73 de,
Hans - N2JFS
-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Gallo <Charlie@TheGallos.com>
To: rfi <rfi@contesting.com>; towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thu, Mar 20, 2014 1:54 pm
Subject: [TowerTalk] Back of desk grounding buss
Hey Gang,
Sort of antenna, sort of RFI, more safety..
I've decided my back of desk grounding situation needs to be improved
Now, we all know the standard is a nice, thick copper buss. Question is, how
thick? - this will then be run down to the panel/ground rod
Is Brass/Aluminum/Copper PIPE a valid alternative? If aluminium, again, how
large (I normally have round up to about 3" diameter sitting in the shop, as
well an AL plate (various sizes, 3/16 thick up to 6" wide is everyday, and I
have angle up to 5" wide legs, 1/4" thick around, and blocks up to 2" thick and
4" wide hanging around
I intend to silver braze most of my connections, but obviously that won't work
to an Al plate, That I'd drill, tap, and either use studs with nuts, or screws
Again, we aren't talking the wall pass through here, but the buss at the back
of
the desk
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73 de KG2V - Charles Gallo
Quality Custom Machine-shop work for the radio amateur (sm)
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