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Re: [RFI] Shielding a ground wire

Subject: Re: [RFI] Shielding a ground wire
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:08:02 -0700
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On 4/28/2013 3:00 AM, Timo Toro wrote:
Tuning the ground lead to series resonance on most problematic band, can help too. As was done in the example?, I sent earlier.

This is NOT a solution, it is a "band aid." The real CAUSES of the problems you are trying to solve are with improper or inadequate BONDING between equipment, and incomplete antenna systems.

There is RF on that earth wire you are "tuning" because you are PUTTING the RF there. That wire is a conductor, so it is an ANTENNA, so it will radiate the current that you put on it and it will receive noise. That earth wire is a problem either because your antenna systems are incomplete -- perhaps you have no counterpoise or radials on a long wire, for example, so return current for the antenna flows on that earth wire, so it is part of your antenna -- or because failure to bond together all equipment and all grounds causes current on that earth wire to couple into equipment. To understand how this happens, study the tutorial material on "The Pin One Problem," on my website. http://k9yc.com/publish/htm Almost all ham gear is built with Pin One Problems.

73, Jim K9YC.
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