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Old April 20th 06, 10:21 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
David
 
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Default Modified 1/8" Mono Plug for a 'portable' Radio's Ground Connection

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:09:32 -0500, clifto wrote:

David wrote:
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:17:19 GMT, (Mark Zenier)
wrote:
Remember, a receiver works on the voltage difference between the antenna
input and its local ground.

I thought it worked on resonance.


Resonance is one of many things that goes into receiving signals,
but when you come right down to it the receiver is nothing more
than a device which processes the voltage (or current) fed it from
an antenna. You use it to select one of many signals (using
resonance), amplify the heck out of it and extract the information
from the result.


What's that got to do with a current flowing to ground?