http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Elecraft-K3s-etc-bonding-tp7659942p7660008.html
Thanks for the info, Dave. Your approach works fine IF you're using the
ground bar ground technique. I'm attempting to follow Jim's advice (see
below). For this, you need bond wires between the individual boxes in
the station. BTW, I have found that 1/2" braid can be rolled up and
> Hi Randy,
>
> I rebuilt my shack six years ago, and documented a bit of that. One
> part was connecting grounds to the back of the rigs. See:
>
>
https://www.nk7z.net/rebuilding-the-shack/>
> Look at a few of the photos. One shows a large copper ring terminal,
> which will fit a K3, etc., and how it was connected to 3/4 inch braid.
>
> Basically I folded the braid, inserted it and some solder cut to
> length into the ring terminal solder bucket. I then held it in place
> with a set of pliers, and hit the ring terminal with a Burns-O-Matic
> torch. You can see the jig I had set up on the top of the glass jar.
>
> Yes... I know grounds are not supposed to be soldered...
>
> I am sure there are better ways... This is just what I did.
>
> 73, and thanks,
> Dave (NK7Z)
>
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> On 4/23/20 5:37 AM, Randy Farmer wrote:
>> I'm currently in the process of wiring up my new station and I happen
>> to be working on the equipment bonding phase for my pair of K3s SO2R
>> station. I'm doing my best to get decent connectivity between the
>> station components, but can't really figure out how to terminate
>> large (AWG 10) wire to the teeny 6-32 ground screws on the back of
>> the K3, especially since something like six bond wires need to be
>> attached to the transceivers. There appear to be no available ring
>> terminals that will fit these small screws; the smallest I can find
>> are for #10 studs. Even by using a threaded standoff installed in the
>> K3 ground nut and a longer screw to stand the rings off, stacking a
>> bunch of these huge terminals is extremely difficult. Providing some
>> means of reasonably quick disconnect for servicing purposes is
>> equally difficult. Exactly how can I go about connecting big wires to
>> little ground posts?
>>
>> 73...
>> Randy, W8FN
>>
>> On 4/20/2020 10:22 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>>> On 4/20/2020 6:08 PM, Tom Norris NB5Q wrote:
>>>> I'm asking what method and
>>>> attachment point, to each piece of equipment, you experienced
>>>> K-Line owners
>>>> use to bond the K3s, P3, SP3, etc. and then on to the station ground.
>>>
>>> I use wires soldered to screw lugs, making sure that the attachment
>>> point is not insulated from the chassis by paint. Some of the
>>> equipment has a dedicated grounding screw. Shells of DB connectors
>>> SHOULD be bonded to the equipment chassis, but not always -- some
>>> mfrs screw up and fail to do that.
>>>
>>> Some of my equipment goes out in the field from time to time, so I
>>> use single circuit Power Pole connectors to make that easy. I'll use
>>> 2-6" between the lug and the PowerPole, then make a loop soldered to
>>> a PowerPoles that connect to each piece of gear in the string (so
>>> each connector has two wires). There are lots of suitable variations
>>> on this, depending on how the shack is laid out.
>>>
>>> These are the slides for my talks on station power, grounding, and
>>> bonding.
http://k9yc.com/GroundingAndAudio.pdf>>>
>>> 73, Jim K9YC
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