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Old July 27th 07, 02:22 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Grounding parallel feed (ladder line) ?

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Rob Roschewsk wrote:

If I feed an antenna with a parallel feed where do I ground the
station?? At the transceiver after the tuner??

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| ===========|TUN|======| TX |
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Or should I be grounding at the tuner or one side of the feed line??


Most authorities I've read say that the transceiver, and the tuner
chassis, should both be securely bonded to the same grounding point.

You don't want to ground either side of the balanced feedline, as this
would deliberately un-balance it, and defeat the purpose/function of
the balun at the output of the tuner.

I intend to build a "spark plug" type lighting arrestor.


A worthwhile precaution!

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