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COBRA 2000
| | Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 10:01 pm: | 
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HELLO - I am going to set up a new base and I wanted to know the best way to set up the grounding system. Can I use the same 8' ground for the antenna,radio,and amp? Or should I get 3 rods? Also, someone told me that using the center of Coax makes a good feed line. I am going to use lmr-400 ultraflex and will have some extra RG-213 to use for the ground.
THANKS FOR ANY INFO... |
COBRA 2000
| | Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 10:40 pm: |
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SOMEONE PLEASE ANSWER? |
Taz
| | Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 10:24 am: |
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1 rod is fine for the radio and amp. But since your antenna is probly more than 8 feet from your radio. the reason i said 8 feet is because there cant be any ground wires over 8 feet or it will radiate. so 1 for your radio and amp then run the radio and amp to a bus bar then to the ground rod. I dont know where you are at and how your ground is but run at least one ground rod for the antenna. I ran 2 of the 8 footers for my antenna and in the concrete foundation for my tower I ran about 8 of the 4 footers. |
DeadlyEyes
| | Posted on Saturday, June 08, 2002 - 1:00 am: |
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A common grounding point is acceptable. But whatever grouning you use/one or three/use large wire or braid to connect the equipment to the ground rod(s). Of course be reasonable with the size of the wire used. |
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