[RFI] FW: RF noise and ground

[Jim Brown]

On 1/26/2025 11:35 AM, David Eckhardt wrote:
> Personally, I do not like the term used in the US: "GROUND".  Amateur 
> radio operators make something out of "ground" that truly does not or 
> never did exist.  "Ground" this....."ground" that......assure everything 
> is "grounded".....  bla...bla...blah....blah... . . .

Strongly agree, David. Back in 2010, when new Handbook editor N0AX asked 
me to produce a major contribution to the Handbook on EMC, my 
introduction included a paragraph or two on the misunderstandings 
created by four different meanings of the words "ground" and the concept 
of "single point," the resulting major mistakes that result. 
Unfortunately, Ed Hare, W1RFI, didn't like what I was writing, and nixed 
it. I was told that he was ranting in the halls about it!

73, Jim K9YC