[TenTec] If you ground it - it will come!

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 12:46 -0700, Randy Russe3ll wrote:
> When the Ham community and Electronics Industry agrees
> on what constitutes a proper ground, would someone
> please let me know.  I have spent some serious hours
> reading every possible thing I can, so as to determine
> what is the final say on  The Matter. All this just to
> do the proper job, right, the first time, and know I'm
> covered.  I give up.  I've bonded all my equipment
> together by 1 ft.x1" braided straps to a 8 ft. long
> strip of copper 12" in wide. It runs along my back
> table top then directly out (thru the door jamb)and
> straight to a gnd rod outside 6" from the from the
> edge of the door frame. That ground rod connects with
> two others by  #6 gauge wire, and the water pipes and
> tv cables, telephone lines, are bonded to this also.  
> That's as good as it's going to get.  In unsettled or
> stormy weather, or when not in use for any period, I
> pull the AC plugs and disconnect antennas.  I drop the
> coax connector ends into a big ceramic crock, and put
> the lid on.  That's just going to have to do.  
> 

Your braid and your #6 are the weak points. They have too much
inductance. The power ground and antenna ground and telephone ground as
well as radio grounds should be at least a foot wide copper, perhaps 2'
wide all the way.
-- 
73, Jerry, K0CQ,
All content copyright Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer