[RFI] w7ekb & ground rods

[Gary K9GS]

Another excellent source is KF7P Metalwerks

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


On 1/15/2015 4:45 PM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald wrote:
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> DX Engineering carries flat copper tape.  I bought 25' to use divided into thirds to taper connect each tower leg to a ground rod outside the concrete foundation.  They also have special clamps for the tower legs AND 5/8" ground rods that will resist corrosion.
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> Copper braid from coax will disintegrate from a lightning hit.  All those copper strands add up to a whole lot of inductance and therefore, inductive reactance and a huge voltage drop.  I have seen the little bit left of braid shield after a tower has taken a strike!
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>> From: kgordon2006 at frontier.com
>> To: jim at audiosystemsgroup.com; Rfi at contesting.com
>> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:40:26 -0800
>> Subject: Re: [RFI] w7ekb & ground rods
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>> Jim:
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>> After reviewing the above link (and downloading it), it seems quite obvious
>> that I have one hell of a lot of work to do.
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>> Can you suggest a source for flat wide copper "tape" ?
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>> And for copper braid, other than from old coax? (I suspect braid from old
>> coax will not be wide enough, and if it is corroded, the individualy strands of
>> copper may be insulated from one another.)
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>> So....it appears that my moving that useless 30+ feet of #8 "ground" wire DID
>> reduce my local noise level by a good 10 dB.
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>> I would never have thought of that in a million years.
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>> Ken W7EKB
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