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Re: [TowerTalk] The Care and feeding of an 80 meter Zepp

To: <towertalk@contesting.com>,"Justin Burket (KL1RL)" <zorton@jtan.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] The Care and feeding of an 80 meter Zepp
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:49:30 -0500
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> Take the feed line from the 300 ohm twin lead and stick it
right in the
> center conductor of the coax connector on the tuner.  Take
the other
> side of and ground that sucker!  Many times, as much as I
can.  Ground
> the radio to the water pipes.  Tie a nice ground into the
metal railing
> outside my shack window (opposite side of the house).
Ground to the
> cat.  Ground it!
>
> Do I got the right idea?

Yes.

What also helps is aluminum foil under the rug, or wrap the
cat in aluminum foil and connect to it.

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