On 40m my TV turns off and on by itself when I transmit. I'm thinking that it's related to grounding because I've not figured that out yet. I have a roof mounted mast that holds my dipole. The coax comes down through the roof, routes through the attic down inside the wall to the station. I've been told I need to ground the feedline BEFORE it enters the house but I'm not sure how to get a ground correctly up to the roof. No matter how I run the ground a lightning strike would likely ignite my house inside the attic if I run it inside the house. I have a low pass filter installed just before/after the Rig.
The plan I'm thinking of so far. 1. Run an 8 gauge dedicated power feeder from my main panel (on the opposite side of the house) to the shack with a 20A breaker. The 8Ga is to lower ground losses. 2. Install a ground rod outside my shack and run a heavy gauge to the shack to bond with the dedicated power line ground. 3. Ground all gear in the shack to the dedicated power ground. 4. ?? maybe do a run of 14-2 romex with all three leads bonded together up to the mast, install a mast antenna switch and ground it with the 14-2. Thoughts /comments? Running only 100w into a Buckmaster 7 Band OCF dipole at 35' per the instructions. The dipole is broadside to 45 degrees for EU coverage. Thanks in advance. I've read A LOT on grounding but haven't seen this scenario covered. On another note I appear to have an allergy to my key. I just can't bring myself to get on the air with it. I need the practice to get my speed. Jerry Moore AE4PB, K3S - S.N. 010324 An Amatuer is - Considerate, Loyal, Progressive, Friendly, Balanced, and Patriotic. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
