Just a side point,
If you are having rf currents on the outside of your coax, there will be
alot of problems, from RFI at the minimum to damaging the radio in the
extreme. Ever feel a RF Burn?
They make RF Current meters to detect that,
Best wishes,
From: "Gary Hoffman" <ghoffman@spacetech.com>
Reply-To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Station and AC Ground
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:01:48 -0500
----- Original Message -----
From: "ROBERT CARROLL" <w2wg@comcast.net>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Station and AC Ground
> With a truly balanced antenna there should be no RF current from the
station
> to ground. If you are on the second or third floor and a long way from
the
> house ground--which is probably a very poor RF ground even if you are
close
> to it--you better hope things are well balanced. If you are using a
> balanced antenna and find you need an artificial RF ground, something is
> badly wrong--and as has been said, a long wire to the ground point will
> radiate even if it is tuned.
>
Yes.....it will radiate if it has current in it, as you said.
But, as you also said, there should be no current in it.
I don't advocate using the half wave ground in a vacuum, that is, without
taking the other necessary steps also. You must choke off the
inappropriate
ground currents as has been written about here and elsewhere.
Gary
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