[Elecraft] best grounding technique

[Rick NK7I]

The ARRL book on Grounding and Bonding is very clear.  Each piece of 
gear has its OWN wire/strap to a common grounding point (a copper pipe 
mounted on a wall is a common method, that being connected to the system 
ground; everything to the building safety ground, more ground rods every 
2x the depth of the rod).

Look at it this way, say a discharge comes in through your antenna, into 
the radio, connected to your computer and other devices.  Would you 
prefer that energy goes only through the radio to ground (losing the 
radio) or in a series through everything else in the shack too?  The 
'fan' mode you mention is preferred, give that energy EVERY chance to 
seek ground BEFORE it passes through your gear.

Energy shunts (PolyPhase devises for example) at the antenna entry point 
are another must.  One per feed.

I suggest reading that book, several times (it's complex) for a better 
understanding.

73,
Rick NK7I

On 3/19/2021 2:06 PM, Robert G Strickland via Elecraft wrote:
> It seems that there are two ways of running grounding wires in the 
> shack: FAN - from a common ground point, individual grounding wires 
> are run to each piece of equipment; LINKING - a ground wire is run 
> from each piece of equipment to the next and eventually ending in a 
> common ground point. What's the group wisdom on the relative merits of 
> these two approaches to running grounds in the shack?
> ...robert