[1000mp] Braid or strap for ground wire...big question.

Thu, 2 May 2002 15:24:58 -0400

In the cellular industry, we avoid flat braided wire as grounding, except in
places where the ground needs to be flexible. One example is on the door of
the site. Otherwise, flat braided ground is not a good RF ground.

Joe

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Subject: [1000mp] Braid or strap for ground wire...big question.

Some say braid is a good wire to use to run from rig to ground rod(s)
because it offers many lengths of individual wires and maybe avoid ground
loops and ground wire resonance(s);  some say solid copper strap is good for
same use because it is only one electrical length and can be cut for
non-ham-band-resonance (maybe).

Which is best????

And, to further muddy the water...  some say (1) run ground wire or strap
from one rig to another with shortest runs and then just one wire from that
to ground rod(s)
others say (2) run a ground wire or strap from each piece of gear to ground
rod(s).  (3) others say use several different lengths of grounding wire to
avoid resonances.

P.S. :  Is the coax braid in the coax that connects the rig to the linear
also a ground conduction (just because it also has RF on it makes a
difference???) ?????

So there!  de K4VUD

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