KD8NIV
Member
How do you guys ground your base antenna ?
In the past, I have just ran a stranded or solid copper wire from under the bottom U clamp where the antenna connects to the mast and run the wire down the pipe to the ground, where I then clamped it to a ground rod...
The coax, ran it into the shack....there I used a old piece of RG 213 coax and skinned all the insulation off the wires and twisted all the copper wires together and clamped it to a ground rod out side, which was a 5/8s solid copper ground rod and is in the ground 7"6".....RG 213 coax is clamped to this ground rod and it has a PL connector on the end inside the shack and I unhook the coax to the antenna and use a barrel connector to connect the coax to it.......
Is there a better way doing this...
In the past, I have just ran a stranded or solid copper wire from under the bottom U clamp where the antenna connects to the mast and run the wire down the pipe to the ground, where I then clamped it to a ground rod...
The coax, ran it into the shack....there I used a old piece of RG 213 coax and skinned all the insulation off the wires and twisted all the copper wires together and clamped it to a ground rod out side, which was a 5/8s solid copper ground rod and is in the ground 7"6".....RG 213 coax is clamped to this ground rod and it has a PL connector on the end inside the shack and I unhook the coax to the antenna and use a barrel connector to connect the coax to it.......
Is there a better way doing this...