[TenTec] Station and AC Ground

[Richard Detweiler]

Just a side point,

If you are having rf currents on the outside of your coax,  there will be 
alot of problems,  from RFI at the minimum to damaging the radio in the 
extreme.  Ever feel a RF Burn?

They make RF Current meters to detect that,

Best wishes,


>From: "Gary Hoffman" <ghoffman at spacetech.com>
>Reply-To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
>To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Station and AC Ground
>Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:01:48 -0500
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "ROBERT CARROLL" <w2wg at comcast.net>
>To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec at contesting.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:42 AM
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Station and AC Ground
>
>
> > With a truly balanced antenna there should be no RF current from the
>station
> > to ground.  If you are on the second or third floor and a long way from
>the
> > house ground--which is probably a very poor RF ground even if you are
>close
> > to it--you better hope things are well balanced.  If you are using a
> > balanced antenna and find you need an artificial RF ground, something is
> > badly wrong--and as has been said, a long  wire to the ground point will
> > radiate even if it is tuned.
> >
>Yes.....it will radiate if it has current in it, as you said.
>
>But, as you also said, there should be no current in it.
>
>I don't advocate using the half wave ground in a vacuum, that is, without
>taking the other necessary steps also.  You must choke off the 
>inappropriate
>ground currents as has been written about here and elsewhere.
>
>Gary
>
>
>
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