[ARC5] 1ST QSO with my BC-454-B and T-19

[Ronnie Hull]

I was lucky enough to have about 100' of 3" wide copper grounding strap, 
leftover from my days of doing buildouts on paging transmitters..   so that 
is what I used to bond all my parts together on my ARC-5 rig!

73's and God bless

Ronnie w5sum
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Hanz" <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org>
To: "Mark K3MSB" <mark.k3msb at gmail.com>
Cc: "ARC5" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] 1ST QSO with my BC-454-B and T-19


> Heh...been there done that.  Don't feel like you're alone.  The command 
> sets seem to benefit from some pretty serious bonding practice - that's 
> consistent with their use in an aircraft where you have a lot of aluminum 
> to bond grounds to.  It's easy to forget that in the heat of getting a set 
> running.  They all do well mounted to some kind of ground plane...AB5S 
> uses aluminum tape on his mounting plywood, but one could use aluminum 
> flashing or sheet aluminum just as well.
>
> Glad you were able to gitrdun...
>
>  - Mike
>
> On 12/31/2012 10:38 AM, Mark K3MSB wrote:
>> The jacks and relay were there all the time.
>>
>> I added a ground from the PL-259 shield to the T-19 chassis, which was 
>> attached to the PS ground by the big interconnect cable. Now, antenna, 
>> PS, and radios share a common ground.
>>
>> Someone on this list did in fact ask me if the PS and radio was grounded 
>> together, which they were.  But the coax shield didn't share that ground. 
>> This should have been obvious to me, but sometimes I miss the 
>> obvious.....
>>
>
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