[TenTec] GFI Problems

[jsb at digistar.com]

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Charles Greene wrote:

> I hooked up my Swan Linear to my OMNI-VI and had some RF in the shack
> when using my Windom antenna which I cured by installing a couple of 1:1
> baluns in the coax feed line, but I still have one problem I haven't
> solved yet.  When I transmit, the upstairs bathroom Ground Fault
> Isolator trips,

Yep - this is quite common, especially as you go lower in frequency.  I
could trip mine with about 300 watts on 160m.  1500 on 80m and never had
enough suds to trip it on 40 or higher bands.


73 Jason N1SU