OK, Gang, two things have changed since I removed and rolled up the 30+
feet of #8 useless ground wire to the panel:
1) The lights in the shack no longer change brightness in time with the
keying of my rig and amp. It was very slight, despite the fact that I had
the amp on a dedicated 120 V line, but it was there. Now it is no longer
in evidence. Zero: zip: nada.
2) It appears that I am no longer getting into my 4 port wireless router.
3) There is no more "weirdness" with the basement GFCI.
There MAY be an additional effect:
4) It is POSSIBLE that my overall noise level, which has been a constant
10 dB over S-9 on 80 meters, is now only S-9. I find this last to be
particularly hard for me to believe, but it sure looks like it is a fact.
Now, the larger question: if this is so...WHY is it so? I am more
mystified than I was to begin with...
And, BTW, the ONLY thing I have done so far is deal with that useless
panel ground wire.
I also suspect that what I had thought was the lights dimming in time
with my keying was exactly the opposite: they were getting brighter with
my keying.
I am going to go buy another 4 ea 8' ground rods tomorrow...
I now have just loads of #8 solid copper with which to tie them all
together. :-)
Ken W7EKB
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