{"id":290,"date":"2018-03-12T14:37:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T14:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nf8m.com\/nf8m\/?page_id=290"},"modified":"2018-03-13T14:41:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T14:41:44","slug":"grounding-and-bonding-for-the-average-ham","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nf8m.com\/nf8m\/presentations\/grounding-and-bonding-for-the-average-ham\/","title":{"rendered":"Grounding and bonding for the average ham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some notes from a presentation I gave to the South Lyon Area Amateur Radio Club on March 11, 2018: (Links will open in a new tab or window)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nf8m.com\/nf8m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/grounding.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slide show<\/a> (adapted from N\u00d8AX&#8217;s class at <a href=\"http:\/\/contestuniversity.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dayton Contest University 2017<\/a>, with some of my own content added)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Links mentioned in the slides:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfpa.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Fire Protection Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iaei.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Association of Electrical Inspectors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikeholt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Holt Enterprises<\/a> &#8211; training and continuing education for electricians, many tutorials<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polyphaser.com\/services\/media-library\/white-papers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PolyPhaser<\/a> &#8211; papers and tutorials on lightning protection for communications facilities including amateur radio stations<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lightning.org\/learn-more\/library-of-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lightning Protection Institute<\/a> &#8211; papers and tutorials on lightning protection techniques<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faa.gov\/documentLibrary\/media\/Order\/6950.19A.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FAA Document on Practices and Procedures for Lightning Protection, Grounding, Bonding, and Shielding Implementation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ieee.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IEEE Std 1100<\/a> \u2013 2006 \u201cIEEE Recommended Practices for Powering and Grounding Electronic Equipment\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbdg.org\/ffc\/navy-navfac\/criteria-manuals\/mil-hdbk-419a-v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MIL-HDBK-419A<\/a> \u2013 Grounding, Bonding, and Shielding for Electronic Equipments and Facilities (Vol 1 and 2)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ebiznet.sbc.com\/sbcnebs\/Documents\/ATT-TP-76416.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AT&amp;T Practice TP-76416<\/a> \u201cGrounding and Bonding Requirements for Network Facilities\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Block, R. R., The \u201cGrounds\u201d for Lightning and EMP Protection, Second Edition, PolyPhaser Corporation, 1993.<\/li>\n<li>Rand, K. A., Lightning Protection and Grounding Solutions for Communications Sites, PolyPhaser Corporation, 2000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>ARRL Technical Information Service sections<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/electrical-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Electrical Safety<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/grounding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grounding<\/a> (various types and topics)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/lightning-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lightning Protection<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Additional resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/w8ji.com\/ground_systems.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W8JI\u2019s web pages on ground systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mikestechblog.com\/ubuntu-antenna\/bond-ground-rods-with-exothermic-welding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to bond to ground rods with exothermic welding<\/a> (Mike&#8217;s Tech Blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/shop\/Grounding-and-Bonding-for-the-Radio-Amateur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grounding and Bonding for the Radio Amateur<\/a> by H. Ward Silver, N\u00d8AX (ARRL Bookstore)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcmaster.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McMaster-Carr Supply Co<\/a>. &#8211; Source for hard to find hardware, electrical parts, industrial supplies, etc. and other things you can&#8217;t find at your handy home store.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some notes from a presentation I gave to the South Lyon Area Amateur Radio Club on March 11, 2018: (Links will open in a new tab or window) The\u00a0slide show (adapted from N\u00d8AX&#8217;s class at Dayton Contest University 2017, with some of my own content added) Links mentioned in the slides: National Fire &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nf8m.com\/nf8m\/presentations\/grounding-and-bonding-for-the-average-ham\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Grounding and bonding for the average ham&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":303,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-290","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nf8m.com\/nf8m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nf8m.com\/nf8m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nf8m.com\/nf8m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nf8m.com\/nf8m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nf8m.com\/nf8m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nf8m.com\/nf8m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316,"href":"https:\/\/www.nf8m.com\/nf8m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/290\/revisions\/316"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nf8m.com\/nf8m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nf8m.com\/nf8m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}