Wel, Pat, that was my thought but someone had told me it didn't matter so I
thought I'd ask as there are a lot of you guys who have been hams much longer
than me and tend to be a great resource on just about any ham question.

Thainks.

Tom


Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html

On Tue, 14 Jun 2011, Patrick Gormley wrote:

> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:32:41 -0400
> From: Patrick Gormley <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: grounding question
>
> At my station here in Frostburg, my antennas are grounded in one place and
> my station has its own 8-foot ground rod.  73- pat kk3f
> It's preferable to have separate grounds to minimize the possibility of a
> ground loop.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Tom Brennan" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:24 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: grounding question
>
> > I'm just setting up my ts2000 after being off the air for the past year.
> > I've a
> > breakout box for cables and such.  I'll run a ground wire through the box
> > out to
> > an 8ft grounding rod.  My question is this -- I have one of those gas
> > lightning
> > arresters.  It will attach to the breakout box and the antenna cable will
> > attach
> > to it.  It is to be grounded.  When I ground it is there any good reason
> > that it
> > should have a ground separate from the radio or can they both be grounded
> > to the
> > same ground rod?
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> > web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
> >
>