[TowerTalk] The Care and feeding of an 80 meter Zepp

[Tom Rauch]

> Take the feed line from the 300 ohm twin lead and stick it
right in the
> center conductor of the coax connector on the tuner.  Take
the other
> side of and ground that sucker!  Many times, as much as I
can.  Ground
> the radio to the water pipes.  Tie a nice ground into the
metal railing
> outside my shack window (opposite side of the house).
Ground to the
> cat.  Ground it!
>
> Do I got the right idea?

Yes.

What also helps is aluminum foil under the rug, or wrap the
cat in aluminum foil and connect to it.