"Michael" wrote in message
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Hiya...

Been a while since I posted here. For the sake of noise suppression as
affective lightning protection is almost hopeless without gas tubes, what
would be the minimum gauge wire that you could use for a ground from the
radio to a ground spike and from a matching transformer to a ground spike
??? Yes, I know there is loads of info on the net, but I would like some
active opinions as some recent discussions I have had on this has been
conflicting.

Also... I've gotten conflicting opinions on this one too. If you have a
long wire or beverage set up on a matching transformer like the ICE 180,
there is a ground receptacle on the matching transformer. Would you:

A. Use a separate ground wire from the matching transformer to the ground
spike and another separate ground wire from the receiver to the ground
spike ???

or

B. Use one single ground wire from the receiver's ground port going up to
the matching transformer and then to the ground spike ???


I know this stuff is antenna-101, but I'm interested to see what the
opinions here are

Thanx in advance !!!

Mike D.
Northern NJ


Mike, I will use what ever I have, 24 is OK. You are just "bleeding" away
the EMF that is making noise. I are not "really" trying to ground the system
against lighting or a big power surge.
IF you run off local power DO use a BIG UPS. I run off 12v batteries and
turn the charger on when I am gone. Big D50's and don't over fill.

Burr