[TenTec] OT: Ground Radials at Tower Base

[Gary Hoffman]

You know that many noise filtering circuits (for power lines, ethernet, RF
and etc) use circuits the one half of which is connected to ground.  Remove
an effective ground connection and you degrade the performance of those
circuits.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Brown" <ken.d.brown at hawaiiantel.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 3:02 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: Ground Radials at Tower Base


>
> > The ONLY benefit of a connection to earth is lightning protection.
> >
> >
> Maybe so, however the question was about adding radials. There is
> definitely more benefit from adding radials to a vertical antenna system
> than just improved lightning protection. Perhaps no reduction in
> received noise, likely an increase in both received signals and noise,
> and almost certainly a transmitting efficiency improvement. Of course
> this depends on the existing system you are adding radials to.
>
> DE N6KB
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