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.

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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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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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70CM - 443.600 PL Tone 100Hz
DStar - 444.8375 Digital Voice (DV)

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