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

[James Duffer]

You may not have to put the lid on the ceramic crock.

Jim de wd4air


>From: Randy Russe3ll <lord_russell53 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
>To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] If you ground it - it will come!
>Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 12:46:33 -0700 (PDT)
>
>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.
>
>--- Lynn Lamb <w4nl at charter.net> wrote:
>
> > Grounding/Ungrounding....
> >
> > Suggestion: Disconnect/unplug everything often and
> > pull to the center of the
> > room!
> >
> > Everything means: rotator controls (A/C and control
> > cables), remote switches
> > (again A/C and control cables), modems, phone lines
> > (Oh gosh, for sure),
> > Printers (etc), BEVERAGES, keyers, and ALL GROUNDS
> > for sure.
> >
> > It's not that lightning or static charges will 'get
> > your equipment'; it's
> > 'when it will get your equipment'.
> >
> > Bond equipment together is fine and recommended, but
> > NOT to a ground rod
> > (s).  I know little about life perhaps, but
> > suggesting any ground path
> > directly or remotely through equipment is just
> > asking for problems.
> >
> > We all need to know more about RF grounding and A/C
> > grounding, hi.
> >
> > Now the flames.. they are authorized, but this bloat
> > is following his own
> > advice, perhaps a bit late, but I have learned the
> > hard way.
> >
> > FWIW, Lynn W4NL
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