I ran 6awg copper from an isolation box on the outside of the property 300 ft around the outside of my property 2ft down with 8 ft driven copper rods. The connections from the isolation box into the ground bus bar inside the shack are all braided copper purely because it’s easy to manipulate
73 John W Holmes K4VMG ________________________________ From: BVARC <bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org> on behalf of John Parmalee via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2024 8:58:37 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <bvarc@bvarc.org> Cc: jparma...@aol.com <jparma...@aol.com> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Antenna prewire house I think copper strap is better. Look at any broadcast facility where there is high power and you will find copper strap.. Check out George Copper From: BVARC <bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org> On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Friday, February 23, 2024 12:31 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <bvarc@bvarc.org> Cc: Robert Polinski <emdhous...@suddenlinkmail.com> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Antenna prewire house Make sure that ether you or your electrician, run a #6 wire from the electrical ground to any ground rods you install at your ham system. They need to be bonded together. Robert From: BVARC <bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org<mailto:bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org>> On Behalf Of Rod Neumann via BVARC Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2024 12:37 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <bvarc@bvarc.org<mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org>> Cc: Rod Neumann <i...@adorstore.com<mailto:i...@adorstore.com>> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Antenna prewire house I'm not answering what you asked, but for a new 2nd story install I will suggest you put a good deep copper ground rod in the ground directly below the shack window and run a good copper conductor, I think wide flat copper braided is best (? is that still the consensus?), and ground all chassis to that ground. Being up on the second story can present RF-in-the-shack problems if you don't have a very good low inductance path to ground. ROD / W5IE Rod Neumann (832)444-0192 ALLogic Inc. / AdorStore PO Box 217 NEW ULM, TX 78950 On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 10:05 AM Chuck via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org<mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org>> wrote: Building new house 2 story with radio room upstairs was thinking of bringing cables in under the eve near the peek was looking for any advice and what type of device with the connectors to buy…..new to ham radio so not much experience any help appreciated . Chuck Hale KF5UXP ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org<mailto: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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