[TowerTalk] station grounding question

[James C. Hall, MD]

Richard:

Got some old 213 coax(or similar RG-8) lying around ? Take the jacket off a
chosen length of this coax and push up the braid until it simply slides off
the dielectric. Use two large solder eyes - one on each end and give the
braid a half twist around the solder lug. Clamp and solder the eyes to the
braid and you have instant ground strap ! This you can use to flexibly
connect your gear to the copper flashing or SPG panel. I've used this method
for over 25 years without a single problem.

73, Jamie
WB4YDL

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Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 9:19 PM
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Subject: [TowerTalk] station grounding question

Hi,
A simple question on station grounding.  I have a copper wall plate for
common grounding of all of my station equipment.  I have 2" wide copper
strap to connect each piece of gear to the copper panel.  Most pieces of
equipment have a simple bolt for grounding.  Seems to me that a single/small
bolt connection to the copper strap is not a very good connection. Any
suggestions here?  Should I simply be connecting the 2" copper strap to the
grounding bolt of each piece of gear or is there a better method?
Thanks,
Richard Harris - KJ7CU
 
Also, thanks to all those that gave me advice on my 160M shunt-fed tower.
Working great.  A lot of work but well worth the effort
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