[Harc] Mobile grounding lug

[Andrius D. Ilgūnas]

If adding additional grounding via the bold on the radio is suggested,
would it also be suggested to ground the MFJ tuner to the chassis as well?
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Andrius
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On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 5:01 PM Andrius D. Ilgūnas <andrius at ilgunas.net>
wrote:

> My ic-7000 is here and there's a bolt on the rear of the radio to hook up
> a wire to earth ground. Since this radio will be going in my truck, do I
> want to run a wire from it to the chassis?
>
> I get the difference between this ground and the RF ground for the antenna
> and I'll be bonding the truck bed and hood to the cab to set up the
> counterpoise, but for DC grounding the radio, is negative wire going back
> to the battery sufficient? In other words, would it hurt to also ground the
> radio via the bolt on the back?
>
> The Internets didn't have an answer for me.
>
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