[TowerTalk] Station Ground

[K8RI on Tower Talk]

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>
> Is is my experience that it is not that a good PL-259 to coax connection
> cannot be made, it is that the majority of amateur radio operators don't
> want to make a good connection.
>
I cut jacket, braid, direlectric, and center connector to length. Then 
thouroughly tin the braid. If need be I file any high points of solder down 
so the PL259 can screw on. I then solder the barrell through each hole to 
the tinned braid underneath.  They do not come apart, nor does the 
dielectric melt. <:-))

Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
www.rogerhalstead.com

> de Paul, W8AEF
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom Rauch
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 12:58 AM
> To: bob finger
> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Station Ground
>
>> Frank.   Experience talking there guys.  Beside,
> radios/amps/antennas
>> are today interconnected by coax, the braid of which is
> securely
>> attached with a  PL-259. What could be better?
>
> Almost anything.
>
> We should really NEVER, especially in a station using an amplifier with a 
> HV
> supply inside, depend on the coax shield for an earth safety connection. 
> The
> safety ground is important. The RF ground is not, unless something else is
> bad.
>
> 73 Tom
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