<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks.<br><br></div>For the coax grounding block, do you insert it right after the antenna (before the pre-amp), or do you do it after the pre-amp? Or is it all the same?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 11:27 PM, Paul Gallaway <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul@gallaway.ca" target="_blank">paul@gallaway.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Pretty sure I got the rod from Home Depot and the post/fence hammer<br>
was one I borrowed from work. A sledge hammer would probably work also<br>
but you'd have to go slow to prevent bending it. In this area it could<br>
range from very easy to very difficult to do depending on the soil<br>
type in your yard. The water hose/jet method should work well with<br>
stuff you probably already own, too.<br>
<div class="im HOEnZb">~pAul.<br>
<br>
all good things, all in good time...<br>
<br>
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</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com">kb@2bits.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Paul G,<br>
><br>
> Thank you for the info.<br>
><br>
> Do you recall where you got the grounding rod from?<br>
><br>
> And where you rented the fence pounder from?<br>
><br>
> Email from other thread below, in case someone browses by thread.<br>
><br>
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Paul Gallaway <<a href="mailto:paul@gallaway.ca">paul@gallaway.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
> My antenna was clamped to the mast with metal clamp which in turn is clamped<br>
> to the tripod with more metal bits effectively bonding the<br>
> three (same as your antenna to mast, mast to mast). The tripod bolted to<br>
> wood frame of my roof so no direct path to earth other than the wire (or<br>
> through my roof...). A heavy gauge copper wire is clamped to the mast using<br>
> a grounding clamp [1], and then run to a grounding rod [2]. I seem to recall<br>
> a separate screw tie the RG6 shielding (from the coax block [3]) to my mast<br>
> clamp which allows for different gauge wires on the same block. My ground<br>
> rod was a 10' (8'?) copper clad rod pounded into the ground - it will go<br>
> faster with a post hammer. The length to ground from the antenna should be<br>
> as short as possible - in my case I had to run 20ft of cable, in your case<br>
> you can probably do it just about on top of your mast and use a very short<br>
> wire.<br>
><br>
> Save and Replay uses a 4 foot rod so maybe the 8-10 ft rods are<br>
> overkill. They are also advocating 14 gauge wire for grounding which<br>
> doesn't sound heavy enough to me (seems optimistic that any wire might carry<br>
> "100's of thousands of volts" from lightning). The fence your antenna is<br>
> strapped to will likely absorb a fair amount of the<br>
> lightning strike as well which isn't a bad thing (where your house is<br>
> the alternative). Sayal and Research Electronics (Orion?) may carry<br>
> some of this stuff but you probably need to go hardware store for the<br>
> grounding rod. Actually, I think 2 years ago Research Electronics did<br>
> not have it so I found myself at the HD down the street anyway.<br>
><br>
> [1] Something like this on your mast:<br>
> <a href="http://www.homedepot.ca/product/1-2-in-1-in-ground-clamp-bronze-bag-of-1/910033" target="_blank">http://www.homedepot.ca/product/1-2-in-1-in-ground-clamp-bronze-bag-of-1/910033</a><br>
><br>
> [2] Something like this on the rod:<br>
> <a href="http://www.homedepot.ca/product/ground-rod-clamp-bronze-5-8-in-3-4-in/910156" target="_blank">http://www.homedepot.ca/product/ground-rod-clamp-bronze-5-8-in-3-4-in/910156</a><br>
><br>
> [3]Something like this for the coax:<br>
> <a href="http://overtheair.saveandreplay.com/HD_Antenna_Grounding.asp" target="_blank">http://overtheair.saveandreplay.com/HD_Antenna_Grounding.asp</a><br>
> Seems HD also has the coax blocks so I would assume your favourite,<br>
> near-by hardware/DIY store would likely have all the stuff above as<br>
> well:<br>
> <a href="http://www.homedepot.ca/product/grounding-block-dual-rg6-rg59/964991" target="_blank">http://www.homedepot.ca/product/grounding-block-dual-rg6-rg59/964991</a><br>
><br>
><br>
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