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Grounding, Lightning and RFI Resources

November 6, 2018 K0STK

Grounding, lightning and RFI resources collected, and periodically posted, by MyrddinWyllt (a moderator for the Amateur Radio subreddit).

Grounding / Bonding

  • The ARRL Manual on Grounding and Bonding
  • US Military’s guidelines on grounding and bonding
  • Motorola’s gold standard document on grounding
  • MIT’s document on eliminating ground loops
  • NEC 810 - about grounding
  • NEC 820 - about antennas
  • NEC Code, 810 is relevant section, requires free login
  • K9YC’s slide presentation on station grounding and RFI

Lightning

  • KT9OM’s discussion on lightning protection
  • W8JI’s site on lightning grounds
  • Polyphaser’s book on lightning protection and station grounds

RFI

  • W1HIS’ treatise on ferrite chokes
  • NK7Z’s post on using an SDR as an RFI survey tool
  • K9YC’s exhaustive document on handling RFI
  • K9YC’s article on killing receive noise
  • K9YC’s presentation on killing receive noise
  • The contesting.com RFI mailing list archives
  • The ARRL RFI Book
  • ON4WW’s page on seeking and destroying RFI sources
  • G3TXQ’s page on common-mode choke impedances
  • ARRL’s ‘Sounds of RFI’ Collection
  • The ARRL RFI Info Page (Contains links to other resources)
  • KA7OEI’s blog post on containing switching PSU noise (warning - involves messing with mains voltage)
  • KA7OEI’s blog post on quieting USB car power supply
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