Yes, you are right on how to eonnect the cable.  As far as ground loops, 
some times grounding stuff causes them.  Grounding everything isn't a 
solve all.  I've run many times without a station ground at all and 
everything worked fine.  As far as what type of coax, at a hundred 
watts, probably doesn't matter, although something heavy like rg8 would 
be better.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Mon, 12 Aug 2013, Kent Plemmons wrote:

> Thank youSteve and others.  The coax as a ground wire sounds like a great
> idea.  I have some questions for clarification.
>
> If I understand correctly you are saying to solder a .001 MFD capacitor
> between the center conductor and the shield at each end of my length of
> coax.  Once this is done I would then connect the center conductor to the
> ground on my rig and the other end to my ground rod.
>
> 1:  What kind of coax would be good to use?  I don't anticipate running over
> 100W.
>
> 2:  For other equipment in my shack should I connect those ground wires to
> the center conductor near the connection to my rig?
> I understand that I should connect all of the ground wires for equipment in
> my shack to a common point and then connect to the ground wire going out to
> the ground rod.  .
> I want to avoid creating any ground loops.
>
> Kent Plemmons near Clyde, NC
> Skype: kent.plemmons
> K j plemmons at g mail .com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Butch Bussen
> Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 7:56 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: rf ground, how long is too long?
>
> That should work, but I'd suggest an old trick we use to use.  Use coax
> cable for your ground wire, that is the center conductor.  Bypass the center
> to the shield on each end with a .001 cap.  This shields the ground and
> prevents it from acting like an antenna.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
>
>
> On Sun, 11 Aug 2013,
> Kent Plemmons wrote:
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>> How long is too long to run my rf ground to an earth ground?
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>> I would like to put my hf rig in a room on the main floor of our house
>> (not a second story) but it would require running my rf ground about
>> 18' to an earth ground.  This room is heated in the winter and is
>> comfortable.  The other option I have is to put it in the basement
>> which is not completely underground and would take some amount of
>> modification to make comfortable in cold weather but I would only need
>> to run my rf ground about 6' to an earth ground.  I could relocate
>> computer if necessary.  I don't want to get all set up with antenna
>> cabling etc. just to find out that I should have put everything in the
>> basement where there is a shorter ground.  Any of you have similar
> problem?  Where would you locate?
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>> Kent Plemmons somewhere in the Smoky Mountains of NC
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>> Skype: kent.plemmons
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>> Kk4fff
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