LCARA HAM Radio: Basics of Station Grounding

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Today we go over some of the basics of station grounding and what kinds of hardware you will need. Listed below are links to the copper wire, bus bar and grounding rods used in this video.

LCARA is an Amazon Afilliate and using the below links to make purchases does earn LCARA a small commission which helps support our club expenses.

8 awg wire: https://amzn.to/3jazvEG

Gounding bar: https://amzn.to/3jeGKeB

Braided ground straps: https://amzn.to/3dEi5z2

4ft grounding rod: https://amzn.to/2T5nbLl

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To join Lake Cumberland Amateur Radio Association you can email dmunsey@windstream.net. You do not have to be local to our area and with Echolink, you can join in the fun on the Nets!

President – Don Munsey, AC4DM
2M Nets:
Sunday @8:30pm Eastern in the USA
Tuesday @8:30pm Eastern in the USA

10M Net:
Thurdday@8:30pm Eastern in the USA

Echolink – AC4DM-R

Kentucky DStar Net:
Thursday @5:00pm Eastern in the USA
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Repeaters:
2M – 146.880 PL Tone 77Hz
70CM – 443.600 PL Tone 100Hz
DStar – 444.8375 Digital Voice (DV)

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