Towertalk
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [TowerTalk] Station Ground

To: "Paul Playford" <w8aef@worldnet.att.net>,"'Tom Rauch'" <w8ji@contesting.com>,"'bob finger'" <finger@goeaston.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Station Ground
From: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 20:32:30 -0500
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
<snip>

Is is my experience that it is not that a good PL-259 to coax connection cannot be made, it is that the majority of amateur radio operators don't want to make a good connection.

I cut jacket, braid, direlectric, and center connector to length. Then thouroughly tin the braid. If need be I file any high points of solder down so the PL259 can screw on. I then solder the barrell through each hole to the tinned braid underneath. They do not come apart, nor does the dielectric melt. <:-))

Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
www.rogerhalstead.com

de Paul, W8AEF


-----Original Message----- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom Rauch Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 12:58 AM To: bob finger Cc: towertalk@contesting.com Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Station Ground

Frank. Experience talking there guys. Beside,
radios/amps/antennas
are today interconnected by coax, the braid of which is
securely
attached with a PL-259. What could be better?

Almost anything.


We should really NEVER, especially in a station using an amplifier with a HV
supply inside, depend on the coax shield for an earth safety connection. The
safety ground is important. The RF ground is not, unless something else is
bad.


73 Tom

--
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - Release Date: 1/10/2005


_______________________________________________


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



_______________________________________________

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

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>