howto:stationcoax
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- | ====== Station Coax ====== | + | ====== Station Coax and Grounding |
- | This is how VA7FI manages his coax runs into the house. | + | This is how VA7FI manages his coax runs into the house. |
===== Outside ===== | ===== Outside ===== | ||
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* The box shown here is 9" | * The box shown here is 9" | ||
* Two pieces of flattened copper pipe are used as bus bars. | * Two pieces of flattened copper pipe are used as bus bars. | ||
- | * The coax from the antennas | + | * The coax from the antennas |
* From there, RG-8X coax is used to go inside the house. | * From there, RG-8X coax is used to go inside the house. | ||
On the grounding side: | On the grounding side: | ||
- | * The antennas up the tree are grounded to a few ground | + | * The antennas up the tree are grounded to a ground |
* Those are bonded to the ground plate that connects to the transition box. | * Those are bonded to the ground plate that connects to the transition box. | ||
* That is also bonded to the utility ground of the house. | * That is also bonded to the utility ground of the house. | ||
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===== Inside ===== | ===== Inside ===== | ||
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- | * The RG-8X from the transition box connects to the bottom | + | * 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. | + | * Radios connect to the front 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 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. | The patch panel makes it very easy to swap antennas between radios without ever having to disconnect anything behind the radio itself. |
howto/stationcoax.txt · Last modified: 2021/07/10 19:18 by va7fi