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

[Keith Dutson]

>wrap the cat in aluminum foil and connect to it

Put the cat on a sheet of tin laid over the top of the amplifier.

Keith NM5G

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom Rauch
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:50 AM
To: towertalk at contesting.com; Justin Burket (KL1RL)
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] The Care and feeding of an 80 meter Zepp

> 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.

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