SV: [Elecraft] bonding of grounding systems

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

I stand corrected guys.. And I'll quit answering hobby e-mails between phone
calls at work <G>  But I do sincerely appreciate the correction. 

One of the nice things about this reflector is that when I go brain dead
someone whacks me up da' side o' da' head and wakes me up - in a nice way! 

Ron AC7AC

Ed, K1EP wrote:

I don't think that is correct.  Consider an equal cross sectional area in a
round wire and flat strap.  Now flatten that strap so that the width
approaches zero.  The surface area or circumference goes to infinity.  A
round conductor is actually the opposite.  It has the least amount of
surface area (circumference) of any shape.  

And 

Terry KV6M

A sphere has the *least* surface area for a give volume.
Take a unit radius sphere.  It's got a volume of 4/3*pi (say four in round
numbers), and a surface area of 4*pi (say 12).  
Now flatten it into a wide, short cylinder 0.1 units high.  
Now to keep the same volume, it has a radius of over 3.5 units, 
and so a surface area of almost 80 units.  (two ends plus a 
tiny strip round the middle).