Brian is using the term correctly, but Star grounds are not used in RF
equipment.
See link below. The shortest path to ground should be used.

http://www.maxim-ic.com/glossary/ind...Tm/Star_Ground
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Tom Mills

"Brian McAllister" wrote in message
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On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 16:18:15 +0900, "Brenda Ann"
wrote:


"Phil Nelson" wrote in message
om...
Despite the rather senseless carping (c'mon boys, cut the crap!), this
is
cool! Thanks for posting it!

I agree. An interesting post. And now for my usual dumb questions :-)

1. Have you built one (or more) and if so, could we see a photo?

2. What do you mean by "star grounding technique?"

Phil Nelson


Star grounding is a VHF/UHF grounding technique. VHF and higher have to
have VERY short lead dress, including grounding. Star grounding is
basically
taking the grounds from each pin that requires a ground or a bypass to the
closest point possible on the chassis. This makes the socket and
grounds/bypasses resemble a star.


At the audio manufacturer where I worked, star grounding meant to take
all grounds to a single point on the chassis, thus having ground wires
radiate like the points on a star. This avoided ground currents
flowing through the chassis.
Brian McAllister

Sarasota, Florida

email bkm at oldtech dot net