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- | ====== Station Coax ====== | + | ~~NOTOC~~ |
- | This is how VA7FI manages his coax runs into the house. | + | ====== Station Coax and Grounding |
+ | This is how VA7FI manages his coax runs into the house. | ||
+ | ===== Outside ===== | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | On the coax side: | ||
+ | * LMR400 is used for most antennas to the transition box. | ||
+ | * The box shown here is 9" | ||
+ | * Two pieces of flattened copper pipe are used as bus bars. | ||
+ | * The coax from the antennas connect into the [[https:// | ||
+ | * From there, RG-8X coax is used to go inside the house. | ||
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+ | On the grounding side: | ||
+ | * The antennas up the tree are grounded to a ground rod and a ground plate. | ||
+ | * Those are bonded to the ground plate that connects to the transition box. | ||
+ | * That is also bonded to the utility ground of the house. | ||
+ | * And is bounded to a central grounding point inside the house. | ||
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+ | ===== Inside ===== | ||
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+ | * The RG-8X from the transition box connects to the back of a patch panel, and the front is labelled with which antenna is connected there. | ||
+ | * Radios connect to the top of the patch panel, and the patch cords are labelled with the radio. | ||
+ | * The patch panel is bonded to the transition box outside, and the radios are connected to the patch panel. | ||
+ | The patch panel makes it very easy to swap antennas between radios without ever having to disconnect anything behind the radio itself. | ||
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+ | ===== Flow Chart ===== | ||
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howto/stationcoax.txt · Last modified: 2021/07/10 19:18 by va7fi