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Stepchild
Intermediate Member
Username: Stepchild
Post Number: 155
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 5:57 pm: | 
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What size braided strap should I use for bonding from the bed,cab,engine and antenna mount to the frame rail? Does it depend the power output of your equip.?
Stepchild
CEF-187
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Bigwheel
Member
Username: Bigwheel
Post Number: 51
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 10:16 pm: |
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I used half inch ground braid on my cab,bed and antenna mount seems to work good.Haven't done anything in my engine compartment yet.My antenna is mounted on my toolbox so i had to ground it really good. |
Hotwire
Senior Member
Username: Hotwire
Post Number: 2280
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 11:11 am: |
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The wider the better! Keep it as short as possible, this is very important.
Kenny
cef491(27.115lsb)
2sf491(27.555usb)
Indiana
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Stepchild
Intermediate Member
Username: Stepchild
Post Number: 156
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Friday, June 29, 2007 - 10:30 pm: |
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Thanks big wheel and hotwire
Were do yall get them and do they have lug on the ends?
Stepchild
CEF-187
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Marconi
Advanced Member
Username: Marconi
Post Number: 739
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2007 - 12:51 am: |
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What do you look for when you ground this way to tell if it is working? |
Stepchild
Intermediate Member
Username: Stepchild
Post Number: 159
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Monday, July 02, 2007 - 11:10 pm: |
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Marconi, to my knowledge, it's to cut down on static and helps get and keep your SWR's down.
I had a 2000 Chevy Silverado that when I mounted the antenna to the bed the SWR's hit the roof. Come to find out the bed was not grounded at all to the frame. I ran a 16ga wire from the ant mount to the frame rail and the SWR's dropped to all but flat on a 102 ss whip.
Stepchild
CEF-187
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Johhn
Junior Member
Username: Johhn
Post Number: 41
Registered: 8-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 9:23 am: |
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Now on the same pannel the whip is on, drill a hole, nut & bolt the Antenna . ground cable too the frame rail.One cable with 2 eyes ,,8 gauge.
Antenna too frame.Now frame to bat neg.
Go and ask forbattery neg cable, No clamp, just
2 eyes 48" -8 gauge..
eyes only. 48" 8 gauge.It will be there for life |
