I do not have any of my equipment connected to a ground buss. My coax is not connected to the tower at the top and bottom. My tower is not bonded to ground rods. The bottom set of guys on a 100' rohn
I wonder if Jim Lux works with Howard Wolowitz? -- Pete, K4OM _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesti
That sounds like a L-O-N-G connection from Mars, to Earth ground! [ducking for the upcoming Stooge slap] That's why we have white knuckles until we're on the surface. Because everyone knows you can't
Sure, but maybe not right now... I'm cleaning up the drips of oil from under the engine. 73 from Ian GM3SEK _______________________________________________ __________________________________________
I didn't put a rover on mars but I do grounding on cell and broadcast sites for a living working in telecom. Does that count? (not to take anything away from you Jim) :) 73 Dave n4zkf _______________
You can't belong to this group it you don't expect a beatdown once in awhile. :) It's going to come?. 73 Dave n4zkf _______________________________________________ ___________________________________
Ian Make sure the smoke doesn't escape from the Lucas wiring! 73, Steve N6SJ Sure, but maybe not right now... I'm cleaning up the drips of oil from under the engine. 73 from Ian GM3SEK ______________
Your experience is probably more relevant. Especially with reference to commercial practice. My thing is more about the theory behind the recommendations, which is often buried in the mists of histor
That experience counts for lightning protection of commercial installations with big budgets, setups that don't change, no local analog audio, and in a broadcast environment, balanced audio. But that
The aim of "bonding" is to equalize the chassis potentials of several separate items of equipment, so that unwanted voltages induced along the lengths of the interconnecting cables are effectively sh
It seems to work in my shack well. Anyone local ham here can tell you I took a direct hit on a 2M G9 "while talking on it" and while the antenna didn't make it the radio is still here in the shack to
WOW another Hustler G series antenna Strike I had not one but two Hustler G6 LIGHTNING strikes Both times blowing off the top piece and one cracking the fiberglass tube and one blowing the top off wi
Sure sounds robust! Now that we know how "The Pin One Problem" causes RFI susceptibility most problems and can be fixed by common mode chokes and bonding, I would view your shielded shack as overkill
I think we sometimes spend too much time worrying about lightning safety, and not enough about power line safety. I've seen ham shacks with all kinds of transient suppression on the coax, and automat
Actually, when I asked the question, it was only secondary to lightning, it had more to do with general "good grounding practice". Yes, I know we have to keep the current outside, and I'm upgrading T
To all; A long, long time ago, I sat through a "grounding and shielding" course provided by my employer by a company involved in making sure that the guy in the black van in the parking lot couldn't
On 3/25/2014 10:42 AM, Stan Labinsky Jr. wrote: One point the instructor made was to look at your whole system setup from a top down attitude (like you were the ceiling) and make sure that all of the
Hi Charlie, IME, the "back of desk" reference was directed at me. I also take exception to the thought that I don't know what I'm talking about. Perhaps that subtle accusation was made because I didn
The formula for calculating the inductance of a flat strip is a bit tedious to work by hand, I found this calculator online that seems to produce believable results. http://chemandy.com/calculators/f
The formula for calculating the inductance of a flat strip is a bit tedious to work by hand, I found this calculator online that seems to produce believable results. http://chemandy.com/calculators/f