Exothermic ground rod welding materials.
Ham radio sheet metal ground.
This grounding system addresses both the electrical ground and rf grounding requirements in ham radio.
Second running the wire that close to metal is probably gonna make it act more like transmission line than antenna.
Avoid paying top dollar by finding a surplus metals dealer and poking around.
Copper strap is sold at hardware and roofing stores as flashing.
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Zip wire primary wire.
Package of 25 self drilling sheet metal screws for mounting morgan arrestors to copper or aluminum sheet.
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.
With any radio most vertical antennas need a large metal ground plane called the counterpoise.
Safety stand tower platform.
That s only 05 wavelengths at 30 mhz which is a tiny ground plane.
This is called a ground loop.
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.
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.
Tinned copper ground braid 1 2 wide and 3 4 wide.
Cable management wall entry devices.
Slots on bottom for copper strap to enter and ground copper sheet.
The device is intended for long grounding wires.
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Tower and antenna books.
Antenna wire build your own antenna components.
Then connect the bonding strap or pipe to your ac safety ground rod with a heavy wire.
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.
