On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 07:52:09 -0400, "Robert11"
wrote:

Hate to admit it, but am having trouble deciding if it helps.

Hi Bob,

That pretty much defines it, then: no difference.

Should it make a difference ?

When you moved your antenna away from the source of local noise, your
house, that was the single most difference you could have expected.

There is, of course, also the grounding pin of the AC power line, which,
pretty much ends up at the same
place, namely a cold water pipe via a ground/neutral wire, from the AC
Service Box.

ALL grounds should go to that connection, even the remote one (and not
through the coax). The addition of that one won't make any DXing
difference, but it is code. It will prevent ground loops, whose
problems run from obnoxious to dangerous.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC