[TenTec] Station power supply??

[Don Allen]

Jim,

This is a most interesting thread...

A quick question:  Is it best to connect equipment together from chassis 
to chassis, or from each individual chassis to a single point ground?  I 
was taught it's best to connect each to a single point ground point, 
e.g. to a copper buss bar behind a shelf. And,  should it be a short fat 
copper wire, or short wide copper strap?  The latter is certainly better 
for an RF ground.

http://gacopper.com/032-CopperStrap.html

Tnx agn for your input!

73
Don W9CW



On 9/6/2012 11:31 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 9/6/2012 9:13 AM, Carl Moreschi wrote:
>> Sounds to me like the best plan is to run heavy gauge wires between 
>> the power supply and radio, which is what most setups do.  This 
>> minimizes the voltage drop at high current. 
>
> When you do the math, you learn that it's not as easy as that. Yes, 
> short fat copper for that path is a good thing, but what's more 
> important is short fat copper from chassis to chassis of all the 
> interconnected radio equipment, and any accessories having an 
> unbalanced connection to that equipment.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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