Exactly right.
NQ6N asked about how to ground his new QTH. For about ten years, I
taught classes at trade shows on the topic of power and grounding for
audio and video contractors. Slides for those sessions are at
http://k9yc.com/InfoComm-PowerSystems2012.pdf
http://k9yc.com/InfoComm-Grounding2012.pdf
An extensive "White Paper" on the topic is at
http://k9yc.com/SurgeXPowerGround.pdf
Earlier in this thread I posted a link to a tutorial I have given at
Pacificon and at several ham clubs on the topic, this time focused on
ham installations. I'll post it again. It's exactly what Matt is looking
for, and it' what any ham ought to be studying carefully.
http://k9yc.com/GroundingAndAudio.pdf
73, Jim K9YC
On Thu,10/29/2015 5:07 AM, Tom W8JI wrote:
Jim,
Just keep in mind when you do the work, the quality of the house
ground to earth is far less important than having everything entering
the house being bonded to act like one common point.
One of the biggest mistakes in amateur radio grounding over the
decades has been having the shack antenna and control cable entrance
ground non-existent, and the common shack desk equipment ground to an
independent ground.
The shack ground must be bonded to the mains ground so everything
entering the house is as close to one potential as you can get it.
Correcting things may not cure your RFI, but it always makes things
much safer and more reliable.
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