Mark,
Yes, that GND terminal connects to the enclosure. It is used for an AC
Safety ground and provides some measure of protection from lightning.
If you connect it to a shack ground rod, that rod must be connected to
the utility entry ground rod by a heavy (#4 or #6) wire on the outside
of the building.
If you cannot connect it to the Utility Entry Ground, it is my opinion
that the K2 (and other shack gear) is better of left not connected to
ground.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 7/27/2018 2:03 PM, Mark Petrovic wrote:
Oh, I see. Thanks, Don.
The GND is used for earth-grounding the radio?
On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 11:02 AM Don Wilhelm <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Mark,
While that might work, remember that the counterpoise(s) are a
part of
the antenna, and not a "ground". It is better to use a BNC to
binding
post adapter and connect the counterpoise to the black binding
post - no
dependency on conductivity through the enclosure.
The BNC jack shells do not have a dependable low resistance path
to the
GND post.
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