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Here's what I'm doing and I'd like some feedback.
Antenna will be an 88ft doublet 30-40ft high supported at the center by a ladderlock and fed by 450ohm windowline. The windowline will drop down to within 8ft of the ground (above kiddie reach) where it will be connected to a W2DU style choke balun based on RG213 and Palomar BA-8 ferrites. This will be enclosed in a ~12" length of electical conduit which will be supported to relieve the windowline of further strain. The coax will connect at the bottom of the choke enclosure via PL259/SO239 to a ~10ft length of RG213 down to earth level driploop and up into a small lockable mushroom enclosure containing a ICE300 supported on a 5/8"x8ft copper ground rod. Also contained in the enclosure will be an LDG RT-11 tuner which will be mounted on the backside of the ground rod from the ICE300. A small RG213 jumper will connect the ICE and RT. The shell of the shielded DB-9 control line will have a small braid to bond it to the ground mounting point as well. The coax and shielded DB-9 control lines from the RT will drop out of the enclosure via PVC conduit to an undergound PVC junction box which has it's bottom side perforated to drain any condensate. The run to the house from this JB is ~50ft with a 1ft rise which should ensure a flow of any condensate to the JB drain. The RG213 will be direct burial grade but I've not been able to find any shielded DB-9 direct burial cable hence the electrical PVC conduit. At the house end the PVC will sweep up to another small enclosure atop another 5/8"x8ft ground rod holding a grounding point for the shells of the coax and control lines and also will terminate the line from the station bond from inside the shack. The lines will then enter the house through a driploop and travel ~5ft to the shack. At the shack a ground bus will be provided where each of the pieces of equipment will be bonded individually. This ground bus will be connected via a 3" copper strap 5ft back out to the ground rod at the entrance to the house. The station ground outside the house is 40ft away from the service entrance and its ground. I'm thinking of running "something" from the station ground rod to the service entrance. I can easily periodically "terminate" this with some intermediate ground rods if necessary along its length. What should the "something" running between the station and service ground rods be? How often should any periodic termination rods be added? Any help on direct burial shielded DB-9 cable? tnx jtm |
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