TM,

Household Electrical Ground and a 'good' RF Grounding Point often are
two different things. IOW: "Good" Electrical Wire Code and "Good"
Radio RF Reception are not necessarily the same thing.

YDTRT: What you did is the right thing to do.
- - - Try It and If It Works: Use It / If Not Don't Use It.

?Q? What Radio? Type of Radio? Were You Using ?
- Direct A/C Powered ?
- - A/C Adapter to DC Power ?
- - - Battery Power ?


GROUNDING a Process of Alternatives:

1. If you can install a Ground Rod and a short(est) Ground Wire to
connect to you radio then: Try This First.
- - - IMHO: A Ground Rod and Grounding Point at the Antenna with Coax
Cable as a FeedLine to the Radio would be Better.

2. Try a Cold Water Pipe if you have metal piping in your
house/building.

3. If the above does not work for you: Then try using a counterpoise
vice an actual ground.

4. Household Electrical Ground at the A/C OutLet is usually the Last
Option in Today's High "Man Made Noise" (RFI/EMF) Household
Environments.


TIP: If this is a Stand-A-Lone Battery Powered 'portable' SW Radio
that is simply using the built-in WHIP Antenna:
- You may wish to try a "Place Mat" ground plane reflector.
- - Plastic Place Mat (12"X18") or Paper Desk Blotter (24"x36") with
some Aluminum Foil under it connected to a 'good' ground (or not).
- - - With some 'portable' SW Radios in some locations this is the
Magic That Works. (No Theory Required - Hey, Simply It Works! -
SomeTimes )


iane ~ RHF
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= = = Tony Meloche
= = = wrote in message ...
Why would reception improve - and noise drop - when the chassis
ground to the receiver is removed? This is noticeable on SW, but *very*
noticeable on MW.
Ground connection is to faceplate screw of a (verified) grounded 3-prong
outlet, the best grouond I can muster, at the moment. Should I try a
simple length of "counterpoise" wire as a ground?


Tony