DRIFTER,

Read these three Links 'presented' by John Doty:
[ Hosted by The Association of North American Radio Clubs "ANARC".]

Longwire Impedance Matching. {Check-Out the Graphs}
http://www.anarc.org/naswa/badx/ante..._longwire.html
Actually, a fixed Matching Transformer can dramatically reduce the
wild swings in Antenna Efficiency that a Coax Fed Wire Antenna exhibits.

Grounding is the KEY to Good Reception
http://www.anarc.org/naswa/badx/antennas/grounding.html

Low Noise Antenna Connection
http://www.anarc.org/naswa/badx/ante...e_antenna.html

iane ~ RHF
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= = = Drifter wrote in message
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Steve, if i were to mount something like that,
and bring it to the radio by coax; how would
this be grounded for static and lighting?
i would rather ground outside and not at the
radio...thanks...
Drifter...

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