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Jeff,
A tech at icom I talked with a few weeks ago said this should be done
even if you are using only thru-hull ground plates. Prevents stray
voltage coming in thru the plate.
Peter S.
--- In , <jeff at dot dot dot > wrote:
>
> Peter,
>
> Thanks for writing and looking up the link. I had read that article
> previously. Stan Honey's arguments against bonding were very
convincing,
> and none of my through-hulls are bonded. I have a prop zinc and
one hull
> zinc connected to the shaft with a shaft brush. The engine is also
> grounded, but NOT to the RF ground. The quotation you mailed left
out that
> part that says "To avoid making another DC ground to the
engine "... But my
> engine is not part of the RF ground. So I am still not truly
believing I
> have a ground loop through the antenna tuner to the engine, but it
cannot
> hurt to have the capacitors in the circuit so I'll probably install
them. I
> might ask Gordon West what he thinks of this.
>
> By the why, long URLs get broken up by the Yahoo group mailer.
When you
> post a long URL go to www.tinyurl.com and convert it. E.g. the
link to Stan
> Honey's grounding article is:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/25mtx2
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jeff
>
> Jeffrey M. Stander
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter S. [mailto:yeoldesalt at dot dot dot ]
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 6:32 AM
> To:
> Subject: [world-cruising] Re: ssb antennas....
>
>
> Jeff,
> Go to West Marine's web site:
>
<http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/westadvisor/10001
> /-1/10001/MarineGroundingSystems.htm>
> This will explain 'Marine Grounding Systems' & show you the info
you are
> looking for: "via the HF/SSB radio copper ground strip, fasten the
copper
> tape securely to an insulating piece of phenolic or to a terminal
strip, cut
> a 1/10" gap across the tape, and solder several
> 10.15 uF ceramic capacitors across the gap."
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Peter S.
>
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> --- In , <jeff@> wrote:
> >
> > I had understood it was not a problem if your single through-hull
> is not
> > bonded to anything else. What size/type of capacitors do you
> recommend?
> >
> >
> > Jeffrey M. Stander
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