[Elecraft] K3S proper grounding?

[Don Wilhelm]

Your grounding plan sounds fine, *if* and only if you connect that 
separate ground rod to the utility entrance ground rod using a #6 or #4 
copper wire - that wire should be buried several inches and run outside 
your dwelling foundation.
That connection is a NEC requirement and is necessary for safety. All 
ground rods *must* be connected together unless they are more than 100 
feet apart.

You cannot create an RF ground by connecting to a ground rod.  It is 
only for AC safety and a measure of lightning protection.

OCF antennas can be difficult to tame for RF in the shack.  Use of a 
very good quality common mode choke at the feedpoint (in addition to the 
4:1 balun) may help.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/26/2015 1:41 PM, ae4pb at carolinaheli.com wrote:
> The plan I'm thinking of so far.
>
> 1.   Run an 8 gauge dedicated power feeder from my main panel (on the
> opposite side of the house) to the shack with a 20A breaker. The 8Ga is to
> lower ground losses.
>
> 2.   Install a ground rod outside my shack and run a heavy gauge to the
> shack to bond with the dedicated power line ground.
>
> 3.   Ground all gear in the shack to the dedicated power ground.
>
> 4.   ?? maybe do a run of 14-2 romex with all three leads bonded together up
> to the mast, install a mast antenna switch and ground it with the 14-2.
>
>