And, do you have a separate ground between the power supply and the radio?
You should and thus not depend on the DC negative for ground. Wire should
be #10 AWG for runs of 5 ft or less.
There should be no concern for a 5KW FM at 1 mile. AM, well that's a
different story.
73
Bob, K4TAX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry DiGioia" <listacct@longwire.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] blow-up number 5
There is a medium-power (5KW I think) FM station 1 mile away. I
mentioned this to Paul, and he dismissed it.
Stuart Rohre wrote:
Larry, are there any strong BC stations near you?
I would connect a resistor of say 10,000 ohms to ground from each side of
the feeder of your dipole to constantly drain static build up which is
common in cold dry winter weather. Even slight wind or sway of the wires
could develop hundreds of volts, given the winter conditions.
Are the leads from power supply large enough conductors and twisted all
the
way?
GL and 73,
Stuart
K5KVH
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