[TowerTalk] station grounding question

[Wayne Greaves]

I installed a rectangular copper bar on the wall in the shack and ran copper 
braid between it and the respective ground lugs on each piece of station 
equipment.  The bar may have grounding posts on it or you can use hose 
clamps to secure the braid to it.  Crimp heavy-duty ring lugs onto the ends 
of the braid for easier termination.  Then I ran a length of 1-1/2 in. 
copper strap from the copper bar to the copper wall panel.  The strap 
endpoints are sandwiched between a flat plate and the panel/bar and secured 
with appropriate fasteners.

In other words, I did not run solid copper strap to each piece of equipment. 
Don't know if this is the best solution but it seems to serve my needs well.

Wayne - WØZW


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard W. Harris" <Richard_Harris at byu.edu>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 8:19 PM
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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