[RFI] w7ekb & ground rods

[K1FZ-Bruce]

     The power company installed a remote reading sensor on my meter.  
I noticed a noise increase. Took a portable receiver into the basement 
and found noise along a very old house ground to my water line. It was 
about 30 feet away from the power company ground. I totally 
disconnected the old ground  wire and noise went away. yeah !
  The next day the power company was up and  re calibrating their 
equipment. They did not say anything to me about it. 
  Al ls well that ends well. 
   
  73
  Bruce-K1FZ
  www,qsl.net/k1fz/beveragenotes.html
   
   

On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:55:37 -0800, Bill W7KXB <w7kxb at msn.com> wrote:

>
  >
  > 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
  > de Bill/w7kxbTo: rfi at contesting.com
  > Subject: Re: [RFI] RF getting into 4-port wireless router - progress
  > Message-ID: <54B7F11E.5090903 at rogerhalstead.com>
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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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