Ham Radio Sheet Metal Ground

Many hams actually have to bridge each joint with short jumper wires and sheet metal screws to stop the rf noise particularly if near a commercial broadcast transmitter.

Ham radio sheet metal ground.

Safety stand tower platform. Package of 25 self drilling sheet metal screws for mounting morgan arrestors to copper or aluminum sheet. The grounding device utilizes a coaxial line where the ground wire is enclosed by a shield such as rg 8 transmission line to prevent the buildup of high voltage standing wave near the station equipment. Ham gear usually has a ground terminal just for this purpose.

A very large pizza sheet might be around a meter in diameter or iow 50cm in radius. The device is intended for long grounding wires. Then connect the bonding strap or pipe to your ac safety ground rod with a heavy wire. Antenna wire build your own antenna components.

President oro valley amateur radio club. Tinned copper ground braid 1 2 wide and 3 4 wide. This grounding system addresses both the electrical ground and rf grounding requirements in ham radio. Slots on bottom for copper strap to enter and ground copper sheet.

A cookie or pizza sheet works fine as a ground plane for a 70cm or even 2m vertical but it s a very small ground plane on 10m or lower bands. That s only 05 wavelengths at 30 mhz which is a tiny ground plane. This is called a ground loop. Sales supplies and service.

For a mobile installation the best location for any vertical antenna is going to be in the middle of the most automotive sheet metal and as high as possible. Exothermic ground rod welding materials. Zip wire primary wire. Copper strap is sold at hardware and roofing stores as flashing.

World s largest supplier of amateur radio ham radio and communication equipment. Second running the wire that close to metal is probably gonna make it act more like transmission line than antenna. Bonded to house ground if distant from house it should not be bonded to house ground coax shield will provide inductive connection so most lightning current will go to tower grounds distant 200 ft cable run from base to house. Tower and antenna books.

Avoid paying top dollar by finding a surplus metals dealer and poking around.