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June 14th 06, 12:06 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

Cecil Moore wrote:
wrote:
When you short ANY transmission line center to ground and the shield is
grounded, which is what you asked, ALL signal levels will decrease.
They will all go to zero if it is a perfect short.

Glad you agree. Now would you agree that in a system with
arcing, anything that eliminates the arcing and preserves
the signal has reduced the noise? A path to ground will
do exactly that.

Of course I agree when someone shorts the RF input connector of their
radio the noise will decrease! Better yet, they should just unplug it
and throw it in the closet! Then the noise will be zero!

73 Tom