The house was built in the 60's. So there is no ground to the receptacles. I was planning on building an extension cord with a gfci and running the ground to the rod. I was thinking about flat braid from a ground buss bar to the rod for the radio, tuner, and power supply.
Any thoughts? Mike KI5UBL 73 On Fri, May 20, 2022, 7:57 PM Michael Giannaccio via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > When I put mine in I left about 8-12” out of the ground. Plenty of room > for multiple clamps and coax grounding blocks. > > If you’re not already aware make sure you bond your station ground with > your home’s electrical ground. I have some wire that you’re welcome to for > bonding if your run isn’t too long. Let me know! > > 73, > > Mike Giannaccio > W5REZ > > > On May 20, 2022, at 6:53 PM, Mike Knedr via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote: > > > > > > I'm am installing an eight foot ground rod for my new shack. > > My question is how much leave above ground to attach the grounds. > > ________________________________________________ > > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > > > BVARC mailing list > > BVARC@bvarc.org > > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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