Jim,
In looking at your slides, slide 105, (thanks for sharing the
presentation BTW), it strikes me that the coax cable braid running
between radio/amp/tuner/antenna panel, would act as a bonding
connection, so I would not need to add a large wire between those items.
Is this correct? If not, why not?
73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
ARRL Technical Specialist
ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources
On 4/23/20 7:13 AM, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP wrote:
I use thin, flat, copper strips. I use a paper punch to make neat holes
in them. You can stack a whole bunch of them on a terminal. They are a
little fragile, but you don't have to mess with them often.
73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
Formerly K2VCO
CWops no. 5
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
On 23/04/2020 15:37, Randy Farmer wrote:
I'm currently in the process of wiring up my new station and I happen
to be working on the equipment bonding phase for my pair of K3s SO2R
station. I'm doing my best to get decent connectivity between the
station components, but can't really figure out how to terminate large
(AWG 10) wire to the teeny 6-32 ground screws on the back of the K3,
especially since something like six bond wires need to be attached to
the transceivers. There appear to be no available ring terminals that
will fit these small screws; the smallest I can find are for #10
studs. Even by using a threaded standoff installed in the K3 ground
nut and a longer screw to stand the rings off, stacking a bunch of
these huge terminals is extremely difficult. Providing some means of
reasonably quick disconnect for servicing purposes is equally
difficult. Exactly how can I go about connecting big wires to little
ground posts?
73...
Randy, W8FN
On 4/20/2020 10:22 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 4/20/2020 6:08 PM, Tom Norris NB5Q wrote:
I'm asking what method and
attachment point, to each piece of equipment, you experienced K-Line
owners
use to bond the K3s, P3, SP3, etc. and then on to the station ground.
I use wires soldered to screw lugs, making sure that the attachment
point is not insulated from the chassis by paint. Some of the
equipment has a dedicated grounding screw. Shells of DB connectors
SHOULD be bonded to the equipment chassis, but not always -- some
mfrs screw up and fail to do that.
Some of my equipment goes out in the field from time to time, so I
use single circuit Power Pole connectors to make that easy. I'll use
2-6" between the lug and the PowerPole, then make a loop soldered to
a PowerPoles that connect to each piece of gear in the string (so
each connector has two wires). There are lots of suitable variations
on this, depending on how the shack is laid out.
These are the slides for my talks on station power, grounding, and
bonding. http://k9yc.com/GroundingAndAudio.pdf
73, Jim K9YC
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