[RFI] [TowerTalk] Back of desk grounding buss

Chris EZRhino at fastmovers.biz
Thu Mar 20 14:15:05 EDT 2014


These work pretty good, look nice too:

http://www.kf7p.com/KF7P/CoaxBus.html

Chris
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On Mar 20, 2014, at 11:53 AM, Charlie Gallo wrote:

> Hey Gang,
> Sort of antenna, sort of RFI, more safety..
> 
> I've decided my back of desk grounding situation needs to be improved 
> 
> Now, we all know the standard is a nice, thick copper buss.  Question is, how thick? - this will then be run down to the panel/ground rod
> 
> Is Brass/Aluminum/Copper PIPE a valid alternative?  If aluminium, again, how large (I normally have round up to about 3" diameter sitting in the shop, as well an AL plate (various sizes, 3/16 thick up to 6" wide is everyday, and I have angle up to 5" wide legs, 1/4" thick around, and blocks up to 2" thick and 4" wide hanging around
> 
> I intend to silver braze most of my connections, but obviously that won't work to an Al  plate,  That I'd drill, tap, and either use studs with nuts, or screws
> 
> Again, we aren't talking the wall pass through here, but the buss at the back of the desk   
> 
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> 73 de KG2V - Charles Gallo
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