[TowerTalk] Back of desk grounding buss

[Patrick Greenlee]

Sorry I was unclear. Let me put it more simply. First I am in full 
agreement with your conventional wisdom comment.  Much of the 
conventional wisdom is not wise.  My group grope comment and angels on 
the pin apparently didn't communicate as well with you as the humorous 
agreement I got in a couple PMs. I was indicating that a lot of folks 
with a lot of misconceptions, not unlike the folks debating the number 
of angels on the head of a pin, could profit by the equivalent of 
counting angels with a microscope to get at the reality of the situation 
which in this analogy would be to read the Motorola pub.

My obviously misunderstood remarks were in absolutely no manner intended 
to defame the august gentleman to whom you refer. There is no need to 
defend him as there was no attack on him or his credibility.  If anyone 
were to be offended it should be someone who casts himself as a member 
of the group grope NOT in favor of using the microscope and finding out 
the ground truth.

Just in case I haven't made it abundantly clear yet where I stand allow 
me to express my heartfelt thanks for the posting of the Motorola 
document which contains both science and engineering information that 
should put ignorance and superstition behind. Ditto the reference to the 
Polyphaser information.

If there is any residual doubt regarding where I stand on this issue, 
please contact me off list and I would be happy to enlighten you.

Although I have no clue how what I said could be construed to be an 
attack on Jim please Jim accept my apology for just in case I am too 
stupid to perceive my own transgression.

Patrick NJ5G


On 3/22/2014 2:08 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 3/22/2014 10:13 AM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
>> When there is a group grope debating the number of angels dancing on 
>> the head of a pin 
>
> Patrick,
>
> Ham radio "conventional wisdom" is full of misconceptions, and 
> grounding is one of the greatest. These misconceptions lead most hams 
> to do dumb things that are expensive and wrong. They can also make 
> lightning damage more likely, and make hum, buzz, and RF noise much 
> worse.
>
> Understanding what matters and what doesn't with grounding isn't 
> "angels dancing on the head of a pin," it's what's safe, what works, 
> and what doesn't.
>
> In case you don't know, Jim Lux is an engineer at JPL, the guys who 
> put those rovers on Mars. He's also a contributor to the ARRL Handbook.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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