Grounding an amateur radio station is important in three ways. First is electrical safety to the operator and the equipment. Second is suppression of stray radio frequency, also known as RF grounding which will improve the performance of the radio in terms of transmission and reception of radio signals. Third aspect is protection from lightning, especially for high rise antennas well above other conducting structures in the neighbourhood. When I started as a ham radio operator in in 1980s, I was mostly concerned about the first aspect as I was not very much aware of the second aspect and thought that the last aspect is beyond my control! Here I describe the simple ways in which I applied grounding, with my limited knowledge and a little bit of the theoretical aspects. Would like to hear more from the Elmers on this forum.
