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Subject: [Towertalk] RF ground from water lines.
From: w8aef@worldnet.att.net (Paul Playford)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 05:21:51 -0000
Check the water pipe where it comes into the house.  Quite often there will
be a rubber coupling in the line which kills the ground path.

de Paul, W8AEF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Beltran" <tbeltran@earthlink.net>
To: "TOWERTALK" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 1:55 AM
Subject: [Towertalk] RF ground from water lines.


> I am planning on putting a small Boat Anchor station in a spare room in
the
> inner part of the house, where it is not practical to run a ground wire.
> However, we had the house completely re-piped with copper recently.  I
could
> access a water pipe with only a small hole in the wall.  Would such a
ground
> connection be adequate for an RF ground?  Tom W6EIJ
>
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