RadioBanter - View Single Post - Questions - perhaps stupid ones

January 23rd 06, 04:37 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:53:44 GMT, wrote:

On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 00:12:35 -0700, Eric F. Richards
wrote:

"junius" wrote:

One detail I've never seen described is the attachment of the copper
(flashing) strap to a ground rod. Is it adequate to simply tie it in
place with wire or perhaps wrap it around about 270 degrees and clinch
it with a couple of bars and some sort of anti-oxident?

Small U-bolts from the hardware store would be one way to go.

I personally use inexpensive hose clamps like you see on car radiator
hoses. I doubt they meet "code" but they work for my purposes.

bob
k5qwg

A controversial choice is braid,
but I won't go into why here because it's a long diversion. Last is a
simple copper wire to your ground -- in your case, the cold water
pipe.

Bottom line: Given the same type of ground (in your case, a wire),
the Polyphasers and the I.C.E. will outperform the others.

Go ahead and use an I.C.E. or Polyphaser with a ground wire.

Eric

Thanks again,

Junius