[Amps] Isolation Transformer

Bill, W6WRT dezrat1242 at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 14 13:37:21 PST 2009


ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:56:16 -0800, "Jim Carr" <n7fcf at hctc.com> wrote:

>The RF grounding system is a 
>horse of another color and usually has it's own ground rod seperate from the 
>service main.

REPLY:

We are drifting off the original topic a bit here, but RF should never be
"grounded". RF energy is expensive to generate and should never be wasted by
running it through lossy dirt. Keep it up in the air where it belongs. 

"Grounding" your equipment is to prevent shock from the AC mains and/or to help
prevent damage from lightning. Not for RF.

73, Bill W6WRT


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