"Bill Turner" wrote in message
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On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 10:16:19 -0500, jawod wrote:

Several articles referred to long grounding lines being close to 1/4
wavelength as being a problem. Is this eliminated with balanced
feedline?

Thanks,

john


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No. You can not "ground" your station for RF, at least not in the
sense of running a wire to ground. Don't bother because it isn't
necessary anyway. You do need two kinds of ground, one for the AC
mains for safety, and one for lightning.

RF energy is expensive to generate. Don't waste it by running part of
it into a lossy "ground". Keep it up in the air where it belongs.
Baluns are your friend.

73, Bill W6WRT

Bill,

I like your answer but it leaves me to want a bit more. Would you mind
expanding on your 2 paragraphs? Thanks.

west
AF4GC