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Ok. I am sure I will get the wrath of God for going in this direction but
here we go. I was licensed in 91 and have put together 2 average so contest
stations with no grounds. None what so ever except power grounds. I have a
in all that time. If I had seen something that led me to fix an issue I
certainly would have. Safety ? Maybe. I am just not sure that the thousands
grounding of coax. Aside lightning strikes, which I have had and not issue,
> 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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