Re: [TenTec] A grounding question

[Martin AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>]

Depends on the application.  You could use aluminum (or copper) foil for 
a great low impedance ground, but it wouldn't work very well for 
lightning protection!
I think this is off topic for the TenTec list.  Now QRU.

73 Martin AA6E

Steve Hunt wrote:
> I know some folk who take the "thin/wide" advice to its logical (and cheap) conclusion 
> and use copper clad PCB material as a base on which all their equipment sits. They then use 
> short/wide straps soldered directly to this base to connect to the back of the equipment. It 
> doesn't look "pretty" but it does mean a low-inductance path between all the bits of kit.