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@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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