Grounding Foil

[Phil23]

What thickness and dimension should copper sheet to be adhered to hull floor for SSB ground be I have been asking around on the marina and cannot get a sensible answer!!

 

[GoneFarrell]

Phil,
The word I get from my gal ham operator (50 years at it) is that only area matters, not thickness. Can use thin sticky back copper foil bought on the internet.
Consider a compression connect to the foil with copper braid.
Cheers!

 

[FF]

Rolls of copper from 2 to 6 inches wide can be had from building sources. It used to create waterproof transition areas like shingles to a brick chimney .


Do not cut the roll, install it as a single piece as much as you can.

 

[mvweebles]

Gordon West was the go-to guy on anything HF on west coast. Here's an article he wrote some time back on this topic.

If link doesn't work, Google
SeawaterGroundingFor_HF_Radios_byGordonWest.pdf

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...cQFnoECAUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3hZ9XjmugjAISfKHXBMQDW