Jim and all, I agree too, but would like to clarify that the "bonding" should not be a "helter-skelter" connection of one piece of equipment to another. The most effective way of accomplishing that is to connect each piece of equipment in the shack to a common point (which may be optionally grounded or connected to a low impedance for RF (mother earth ground is only for lightning protection and personal safety, not RF grounding). That type of bonding connection is often referred to as a "star" configuration - as opposed to a 'daisy-chain' where the connection is from one piece of equipment to another.
73, Don W3FPR Jim Brown wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:57:16 -0500, Joe Subich, W4TV > wrote: > > >> Improve the grounding of your station, >> including direct grounds on both the K3 and computer >> to the common ground point and add common mode chokes >> to both your feedline and the "Line In" connection to >> your computer. >> > > I agree with the advice, but I would not CALL it > "grounding" -- that implies ground rods and all that > mess. Rather, it is BONDING. It is unlikely that a > connection to EARTH is part of a solution. BONDING is > simply a very short, beefy copper connection between > the CHASSIS of all of the equipment. Most important is > between the chassis of the K3 and the chassis of the > computer. > > See http://audiosystemsgroup.com/HamInterfacing.pdf > > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
