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Old January 3rd 06, 02:57 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore
 
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Default Why ground the transmitter?

Reg Edwards wrote:
Radiation from the feedline is usually the least of one's problems.

99 % of RFI is due to radiation from the very nearby antenna.


In some cases, that nearby antenna is a counterpoise
laid across the floor which some people consider to
be a "ground" of sorts. :-)
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp