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Subject: | Re: [TowerTalk] Station Ground |
From: | Charlie <ad5th@direcway.com> |
Date: | Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:25:05 -0600 |
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I use ring terminals crimped then soldered. I have to agree that the size of
the ground terminals on most rigs does prevent the easy use of a larger
gauge ground wire. My station ground rod is about 3 ft from the rig and 6ft
in the ground. The largest wire I could use to ground the rig and the amp
was a #10. I like the ring terminals since they make a neat and solid
connection when crimped and soldered both. I have also used the buss bar behind the desk method and got the hardware from a vendor in QST that I do not recall right now. Seems it was JS something "systems". 73 / DX Charlie Ham Radio - AD5TH www.ad5th.com Live Blues Music www.492acousticblues.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "N6KJ" <n6kj@yahoo.com> To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 3:39 PM Subject: [TowerTalk] Station Ground How do people attach their rigs to a bus-bar (or similar)? The bigger the ground wire the better, but most rigs/amps have small, somewhat fragile grounding posts. How do others out there connect a nice hefty ground wire to their rig or amp? Also, how do people attach the wires to the bus-bar or ground rod? Bolts? U-Clamps? Solder? Any advice would be appreciated. _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA. _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk |
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