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W i r e s i z e . U s e t h e l a r g e s t w i r e s i z e p r a c t i c a l f o r p o w e r
w i r i n g . W e r e c o m m e n d p o w e r l i n e s f r o m t h e b a t t e r y t o t h e
r a d i o o f a t l e a s t # 6 g a u g e s t r a n d e d w i r e a n d t h a t t h e g r o u n d
o f t h e b a t t e r y b e c l e a n e d p e r i o d i c a l l y t o m a k e a s g o o d a c o n-
n e c t i o n a s p o s s i b l e . L o n g w i r e r u n s w i l l c a u s e l o s s . W e r e c-
o m m e n d n o 1 2 V D C r u n o f m o r e t h a n 2 5 f e e t .
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POWER CABLE LENGTH IN FEET
Examples:
a Ñ 100W SSB gauge 8 for 12V operation
b Ñ 150 W SSB gauge 6 for 12V operation
c Ñ 500 W SSB guage 4 for 12V operation
F i g u r e 6 — M i n i m u m w i r e g a u g e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s
G r o u n d c o n n e c t i o n s . T h e
g r o u n d s f r o m t h e r a d i o
c h a s s i s , f r o m t h e c o u p l e r
g r o u n d p o s t , a n d f r o m t h e
b a t t e r y m i n u s t e r m i n a l
s h o u l d a l l b e a t t a c h e d i n
t w o p l a c e s , p r e f e r a b l y
u s i n g b r a i d e d w i r e o f # 0 .
R a w m e t a l . T h e c o n n e c-
t i o n t o t h e v e h i c l e c h a s s i s
s h o u l d b e c l e a n e d o f p a i n t
a n d s h o u l d b e s c r a p e d t o
r e v e a l r a w m e t a l . I f c o r r o-
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