> The story is too long to tell, but involves worries about
coupling into RX
> antenna ports when using a Beverage or other antenna. No
sign of problem
> there, but by chance I touched the tip connector of a
cable connected to the
> antenna jack of a backup second transceiver/amp
combination and was
> surprised to hear some nice sweepstakes signals. They
were about 5 s-units
> down from the reading on the main setup. In investigating
I find that I can
> short the transceiver coax and the signals go away, but if
I touch the coax
> tip to even the ground post on the transceiver I can hear
signals. And if I
> touch it to the single point ground I am using--which is
about four feet
> from the power ground--I get even better signals. Just to
make sure this was
> not a ground conductor inductance issue, I did the
experiment while
> listening to a broadcast station. The ground makes a nice
broadcast band
> antenna, and the signals are quite a bit stronger than
those I get by
> touching the tip of the coax myself.
Bob,
I don't think you have any sort of problem at all. Nothing
your are doing tells me your ground system is flawed in a
way that will affect receiving antennas.
I can have (and had in the past) stations without any RF
ground near the house. My station now really doesn't have
what I would consider a great RF ground. Why do I need one?
The only time we need a really good RF ground in the station
is when we are feeding an antenna that brings the feedpoint
into the house. Long wires, end-fed Hertz, random wires,
poorly designed Zepps, verticals with crummy ground systems,
and similar antennas often require the band-aid of having a
good RF ground. For properly designed two conductor feedline
antennas it makes no difference at all if the shack has an
RF ground or not.
73 Tom
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