[TowerTalk] SECOND FLOOR SHACK

[Bill Turner]

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On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:56:31 -0700, you wrote:


>Sorry, guys, but I must disagree.  While a shack ground is NOT a sink for
>noise, it IS far more than lightning protection.  It is supposed to provide
>a low-impedance path for stray RF that inadvertently runs around in the
>shack.  In an ideal world, perhaps, there should be no stray RF, antennas
>should be perfectly balanced, etc, etc, but as anyone who has ever
>experienced microphone bite can attest, things ain't always perfect.

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Bill's Law of Stray RF:  

If adding an RF ground actually improves your signal, you have a much
worse problem than you realize. 

Bill, W6WRT