[Mobile-Portable] Bonding of truck body parts

Phil Atchley beaconeer at sbcglobal.net
Fri Dec 30 11:52:42 EST 2005


Thank you Dick,

That's a very good tip indeed as I've heard of the tailpipe acting as a "QRN 
transmitting antenna" 8^(

73 de Phil,  KO6BB
DX begins at the noise floor!

> If you don't bond anything else, bond the tail-pipe end of the exhaust to 
> the nearest frame of the truck.  If you don't want to do that yourself, go 
> to your neighborhood muffler shop, tell them what you want and they will 
> be able to tack-weld your bonding strap between the two in about a 
> minute's time.
>
> Every time I have done that, it has solved 70%-80% of my ignition noise 
> problems.  The remaining 20%-30% can be a lot more difficult to eliminate.
>
> 73, Dick



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