[Elecraft] Ground Strap

Mon Oct 7 13:50:59 2002

Paul,

You're looking for trouble "daisy-chaining" your ground.  Grounding each
radio to a common ground-bus that then connects to your outside ground is
the recommended method.

73 de John - KC4KGU
K2/100 #2490

On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 [email protected] wrote:

> George,
> I will not be running all that far to ground, I need the length to connect
> roughly 27 linear feet of radios.  I'm planning to hop from one radio to the
> next with ground strap (flattened, soldered, and then the hole drilled through
> the strap for the ground lug). From there, it's on to the cold water pipe and
> earth ground only 8' away. Thus, at minimum, I'll need 35'.
> 73
> Paul
> 
> "George, W5YR" wrote:
> 
> > Paul, with all respect, a ground strap 50 ft long will probably cause many
> > more problems that it could cure.
> >
> > If you require an "r-f ground" and are that far from Earth ground, which is
> > always questionable as to its r-f effectivenss even with a short connecting
> > conductor, consider using 1/4-wavelength "driven ground" wires in the shack
> > to place the shack equipment at near zero r-f potential.
> >
> > 73/72, George
> > Amateur Radio W5YR -  the Yellow Rose of Texas
> > In the 57th year and it just keeps getting better!
> > Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe
> > K2 #489      Icom IC-765 #2349     Icom IC-756 PRO  #2121
> >
> > [email protected] wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyone have ideas where I can purchase copper groundstap in a length up
> > > to 50'?
> > > Maybe in the Chicago area or order online? Thanks!
> > > Paul
> >
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