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On Sun, 7 May 2006 10:33:51 +0930, "OZUser"
wrote:

As an avid 4WD SUV owner I do a lot of outback travelling (Austrlian
Deserts, Cape York, Kimberly Coast) and as such have a Barrett 950 HFradio
&Barrett 910 Autotune antenna installed for comms.

Would it be preferable when camped / stationary to earth the vehile to a
"ground" ground = what I am looking for is a better receive signal ?????



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Improving the ground will increase the received signal strength but
will also increase the background noise as well, so the signal to
noise ratio won't change much if any. In other words, no real
improvement.

However, an improved ground will improve your transmitted signal,
especially on the lower frequencies - 7MHz and down.

Best of all though, would be to string up a temporary dipole or
inverted vee.

Bill, W6WRT