[Elecraft] Pin 1 and Grounding Post on the K3s
Jim Brown
jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Thu Jun 24 16:44:59 EDT 2021
Yep!
You might find this slide deck interesting, which goes into all of that.
http://k9yc.com/GroundingAndAudio.pdf
Also, N0AX's ARRL Book on the topic, to which I'm a contributor,
addresses this in exactly the terms you've cited.
73, Jim K9YC
On 6/24/2021 12:49 PM, Hal Massey wrote:
> Fixing a common misconception about grounding…
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> Grounding does not get all the devices at the same potential. It just minimizes the potential difference among them. “Where there is metal there is resistance and if there is any current there will be a voltage (period).
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> This is one of the biggest urban myths around and the source of many difficulties for lay folks trying to understand grounding. -BSEE and MSEE here.
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> A practical application of this for hams is to keep the runs short and low inductance too!
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