- 1. [TowerTalk] Equipment grounding - in shack (score: 1)
- Author: Bgsalesmel@cs.com (Bgsalesmel@cs.com)
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 01:03:19 EST
- Hi all, Just finishing up my first station install. Have a "single point ground plate/bar" wall mounted just above and behind the operating position. Desk is an old computer/printer stand made out of
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00373.html (8,825 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Equipment grounding - in shack (score: 1)
- Author: kc5ajx@hotmail.com (Rick Bullon)
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 06:32:38 +0000
- Mel Almost ever piece of Ham Gear I have or have seen has a ground. Some times it is just a metal stud with a nut on it unmarked, some have a stud marked GND others have a stud that has a ground sym
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00375.html (10,061 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Equipment grounding - in shack (score: 1)
- Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com)
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 10:15:27 EST
- covers run/attached? The purpose of a Single Point Ground System (or any ground system for that matter) is to keep lightning transients and charges OUT of the building and away from equipment so the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00379.html (9,157 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] Equipment grounding - in shack (score: 1)
- Author: bthivierge@bigfoot.com (Bruce Thivierge)
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 10:34:47 -0500
- Just an add'l point: I have an "el-cheapo" 7 amp power supply in my shack used for powering a few low-current items (cw keyer, tnc, HTX-202 for packet). After getting bit a couple of times, did some
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00382.html (8,837 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] Equipment grounding - in shack (score: 1)
- Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch)
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 10:49:15 -0500
- As Steve points out, single point grounding is best used at the entrance of the building. The power, telco, CATV, and amateur cables should all be grounded together to a common ground at the entranc
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00383.html (10,304 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] Equipment grounding - in shack (score: 1)
- Author: k1ttt@arrl.net (David Robbins)
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:30:16 +0000
- its interesting that not ALL equipment supplied for ham use has 3 prong plugs. rcs-8v control boxes, comtek 4-sq control boxes, and of course most of those external dc supplies don't come with 3 pron
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00384.html (10,778 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Equipment grounding - in shack (score: 1)
- Author: rmoodyg@concentric.net (Richard M. Gillingham)
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 11:28:29 -0500
- I have one piece of equipment that I deliberately ungrounded.... My Yaesu G800SDX was squirrelly. The az indication would change by as much as 25 - 30 deg when I keyed up a nearby 2 meter packet txcv
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00385.html (8,237 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] Equipment grounding - in shack (score: 1)
- Author: basalop@gte.net (Jim Berry)
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:39:34 -0800
- Hi Mel, There is a copper tape you can use. I think the sticky part has a conductive glue. Now it is not very heavy, and is intended for RF grounding. I would use it along with a heavy wire ground of
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00386.html (10,134 bytes)
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