On 4/1/2014 10:33 AM, Jerry Gardner wrote:
What is the point of a back of desk grounding bus? Does it fill any real
need, or is it just one of those feel-good things that's been around
forever?
Surely it's not to deal with anything related to lightning, because if that
were the case, then you've already failed by allowing lightning into your
shack -- the place to deal with lightning energy is outside the shack, not
behind your desk.
If it's to deal with noise and hum, then I don't see the point either,
because in my experience, a ground such as this makes noise and hum worse,
not better.
73, Jerry
You are probably right, Jerry. I wouldn't put any kind of ground in.
Probably just a bunch of old housewives tails from engineers who don't
know anything!!
You probably are right that it has no need. Lightening doesn't happen
here all that often and when we do get lightening, it's not all that
bad. Just a waste of money probably, huh?? Has never hit my antennas
yet so why worry.
Who the heck cares if your signal has a little hum on it. Probably keep
the stations that try and get too close away with the noise. It they
can't get rid of your noise, they need a better receiver.
I'm with you - heck with any kind of grounding - just a waste of time
and money :^)
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