Seems like most Hams don't bother grounding their rigs. Info on how to properly ground Ham radio equipments is hard to find. There's not much talk about it. I been looking for some articles on proper grounding of Ham radio equipments but most I got talks about grounding in general terms & not mainly about Ham radio. I been trying to find some answers on some grounding questions that I got.
1. Where do you place your lightning arrester? Close to your antenna feed line or in the antenna feedline inside to your house?
2. What type of grounding wire to use? Does it have to be a bare, twisted copper wire?
3. It is necessary to use a shorter ground wire or any length don't matter?
4. How deep you need to bury your ground rod & how many feet away from the wall?
5. I run a ground wire from the lightning arrester to the ground rod, can I use that same ground rod in grounding my power supply &/or run a ground wire connected to my power supply & into that same ground rod?
1. Where do you place your lightning arrester? Close to your antenna feed line or in the antenna feedline inside to your house?
2. What type of grounding wire to use? Does it have to be a bare, twisted copper wire?
3. It is necessary to use a shorter ground wire or any length don't matter?
4. How deep you need to bury your ground rod & how many feet away from the wall?
5. I run a ground wire from the lightning arrester to the ground rod, can I use that same ground rod in grounding my power supply &/or run a ground wire connected to my power supply & into that same ground rod?