Connie and anyone new to the list. The National Electrical Code covers safe practices for home wiring and radio hook up to antenna and/or a mast. Technically also, ALL grounds at a house must be bond
Author: Joe Papworth via TenTec <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 21:19:58 -0400
Stuart's excellent recommendations not withstanding, I think it's time to end this discussion. The horse is dead. Let's leave him be. Later, Joe PS... I may have an email out there in the hands of Th
Well I guess I will stir up a hornets nest here on station grounding. I don't! I use to years ago, but I found out lightening will follow itself right to that grounded equipment instead of staying ou
Good Morning Joe, Big Brother is always watching and reading. I am the group owner and moderator. Eric, W9WLW is the 2nd moderator. I don't recall any email of yours pending or moderated before but y
Author: Joe Papworth via TenTec <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 07:36:27 -0400
Hi Rick, I sent an email with another anti-static solution. It had a photo attached and I received a reply that it was awaiting moderator approval. It must have gotten lost in the bit bucket... Regar
The qrz.com forum also has helpful information, in three parts. Part 3 is especially helpful. I don't see my comment: "you dont run it across the lawn" I would add "in a shallow trench" either. I saw
Hi Joe, Sorry, I'm not the moderator. I'm just a member (since over 15 years). I had just gotten up and still groggy and thought I was reading the Argonaut 6 group mail, because it did say "Argonaut
Connie, did the tower have ground rods also at its base? That is standard, to ground the tower with its own ground rods, but also Bond the tower to the station ground. See the White papers on groundi
Just to echo Stuart on this, as in learning this lesson the hard way ... "Insurance coverage could be CANCELED if the wiring is not to code". That is the reality of what happened to me and for THREE
If you bond your station to the very same ground that your antennas are grounded to, you are inviting lightning right inside your house. It's going to follow that #6 or #4 wire right to your equipmen
Reed my friend, we are simply going to have to agree to disagree. You have simply been very very lucky, and all you have to do is forget to do all of your steps (which I noted you have had minor dama
Billy, at my other QTH I had all the gear bonded. I had two 8 foot ground rods, one for ham gear & other one for a vertical. All this bonded back to the ground rod at the meter base. Guess what, took