[RFI] Daisy chain vs Common Ground in Shack

Kenneth G. Gordon kgordon2006 at frontier.com
Wed Jun 7 17:07:15 EDT 2017


On 7 Jun 2017 at 19:50, Sean Waite wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I was reading through a lot of K9YC's articles on grounding and RFI. It
> seems that he recommends daisy chaining ground together in the shack, and
> then running a single cable from the last point out to the common house
> ground. His reasoning seems sound (combined with choking off coax to
> eliminate ground loops), but it goes against everything you hear about
> station grounding.
> 
> Is this the correct thing to do? Am I just misreading what he's writing? A
> lot of RFI topics seem to be borderline magic in the ham community and I'm
> trying to unravel the myth from reality.

It is my understanding that the latest National Electrical Code recommends connnecting all 
grounds together.

Someone will be certain to correct me if I am wrong.

Ken W7EKB

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