You can't belong to this group it you don't expect a beatdown once in
awhile. :) It's going to come?.
73 Dave n4zkf
On 3/22/14 5:51 PM, "Randy Lake" <randyn1kwf@gmail.com> wrote:
>Okay. I am going to go out on a limb here and expect to take a beating
>with
>the hopes that other people in the group might benefit from my example.
>
>I do not have any of my equipment connected to a ground buss. My coax is
>not connected to the tower at the top and bottom. My tower is not bonded
>to
>ground rods. The bottom set of guys on a 100' rohn 25 has no insulators
>and
>goes directly to ground.
>I have no RFI issues. My neighbors have no RFI issues. I have had 2 near
>strikes and lost the well pump, some peripherals inside but no radio
>equipment. Maybe I am extremely lucky.
>I am ready for the influx of comments and honestly I am looking forward to
>hearing them.
>
>Randy N1KWF
>
>
>On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Jim Brown
><jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>wrote:
>
>> On 3/22/2014 10:13 AM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
>>
>>> When there is a group grope debating the number of angels dancing on
>>>the
>>> head of a pin
>>>
>>
>> Patrick,
>>
>> Ham radio "conventional wisdom" is full of misconceptions, and grounding
>> is one of the greatest. These misconceptions lead most hams to do dumb
>> things that are expensive and wrong. They can also make lightning damage
>> more likely, and make hum, buzz, and RF noise much worse.
>>
>> Understanding what matters and what doesn't with grounding isn't "angels
>> dancing on the head of a pin," it's what's safe, what works, and what
>> doesn't.
>>
>> In case you don't know, Jim Lux is an engineer at JPL, the guys who put
>> those rovers on Mars. He's also a contributor to the ARRL Handbook.
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
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>Randy Lake N1KWF
>73 Gunn Rd.
>Keene,NH
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