Yes, good RF/safety practice, to the ground post on the back of the K2 provided
for that purpose.
Roger
WA7BOC
k2 755
k3 75
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Except that the grounding post is part of the KAT2 ATU which may not be
installed.
73, Ken K3IU
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Roger Stein wrote:
Yes, good RF/safety practice, to the ground post on the back of the K2 provided
for that purpose.
Roger
WA7BOC
k2 755
k3 75
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It's very easy to put a small bolt in the hole on the back panel. That's what
I did and I don't have the antenna tuner. Like someone else said, it good
practice to ground it.
Gary, N7HTS
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Except that the grounding
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Except that the grounding post is part of the KAT2 ATU which may not be
installed.
73, Ken K3IU
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Roger Stein wrote:
Yes, good RF/safety practice, to the ground post on the back of the K2
provided for that purpose.
Roger
No. Grounding a rig is a waste of time and actually endangers it. I unhook
the antenna when not in use.
If you can't resist having a ground wire, put a knife switch in series
with it so you can disconnect it when not in use. Hooking your rig to a
ground rod separate from your house electrical
Scott,
There is no real need to ground the K2 itself. Ground the antenna
feedline shield for a better installation. The K2 would be grounded
through that coax connection.
I could go on and on about grounding, but in a nutshell, there are 3
types of grounds to consider:
1) AC Safety Ground
Scott:
If you do not have noticeable RF on the chassis, as you should not
have if you are using a dipole with low swr, the ground connection
does not do much for you. If you're running a random wire or Windom,
you might have RF getting back into the shack and some of it might
find its way
Okay. But, I believe there are other reasons to ground your rig other than
lightning strikes. I certainly don't leave my antenna connected to any of my
rigs, grounded or not.
Gary, N7HTS
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:13:03 -0400
n4lq [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No. Grounding a rig is a waste of
If I remember correctly, the base K2 came without the ground screw.
Its been a long time. I think the ground screw came with the ATU.
The K1 doesn't have a ground screw, even with the ATU. I am confused
about the use of an RF ground with a balanced antenna. One of the
advantages of a
Rick (long answer),
You are most likely mixing RF ground with a 'Mother Earth' ground. They
are quite different. The main reason is that RF does not behave like
low frequency AC or DC. You are not alone - that fact seems to mystify
and confuse many, many hams. I will try to give a
Rick:
See interposed comments.
73
Steve Kercel
AA4AK
At 05:00 PM 4/16/2008, Rick Dettinger wrote:
If I remember correctly, the base K2 came without the ground screw.
Its been a long time. I think the ground screw came with the ATU.
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I have a K2/100 with no ATU. It came
Roy,
I do it on all K2s I work on which have the KSB2 option installed.
I always solder to the mic jack and to the ground plane right below it
(scrape away a bit of the green solder mask material). Yes, it takes a
good deal of heat to bring the jack shell up to temperature. Heat it
with a
Huh?
Mine has a grounding post on the back. Tuner and the rig both.
??
Rich
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HI
All
On Mar 6, 2007, at 9:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
HI
All the other HF radios that I have had over the years have had
grounding posts on them. My K2 doesn't. Should it not be grounded?
Seems to me it would be a lot less likely to have RF in the shack if
it was grounded, but where would it be
Scott,
There is no need to ground the K2 (or any other RF generator). It will NOT
help with RF in the shack. The place to reduce RF in the shack is at the
antenna.
A generator (K2 in this case) with a coax output will contain its RF output
to the center conductor of the coax and the INSIDE of
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