[RFI] w7ekb & ground rods

[Bill W7KXB]

Ken: Better read up on issues that arise with multiple ground rods for home AC grounding. I don't have the info at hand but you'll find it on the www
Good luck
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Subject: Re: [RFI] RF getting into 4-port wireless router - progress
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On 14, Jan 2015, at 21:33, Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:
>
> 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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