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Old July 27th 07, 02:09 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Rob Roschewsk Rob Roschewsk is offline
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Default Grounding parallel feed (ladder line) ?

If I feed an antenna with a parallel feed where do I ground the
station?? At the transceiver after the tuner??

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| | +---+ +-----+
| ===========|TUN|======| TX |
+---+ +-----+
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\ /
V

Or should I be grounding at the tuner or one side of the feed line??

I intend to build a "spark plug" type lighting arrestor.

Thanks,

de ka2pbt