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Re: [TowerTalk] Shack ground

To: Mark Spencer <mspencer12345@yahoo.ca>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Shack ground
From: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:43:18 -0700
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Mark Spencer wrote:
> I concur, personally I'm satisfied with a continous piece where possible (ie. 
> one piece of wire is run thru the various lugs as opposed to being spliced) 
> of number 3 copper wire run outside the house.   When I see ham shacks with 
> separate low impedance RF grounds I can't help but think about what might 
> happen if there was a serious ground fault and the only bond between the home 
> electrical system ground and the low impedance RF ground was via a ground 
> wire in a piece of 14/2 romex that ran thru the house to the electrical 
> outlet that powers the ham gear.  
> 
> 

Yep..

Mechanically secure, continuously connected..
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