Thread: Grounding systems -- need the help of some good elmers
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Old July 30th 07, 04:04 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Grounding systems -- need the help of some good elmers
On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:40:27 +0000 (UTC), John Passaneau
wrote:

I want to follow on what some of the other have said.
First to only reason to have an RF ground in you shack is if you are
going to use an antenna that brings part of the antenna that is supposed
to radiate RF into the shack, as an example, a long wire antenna.
Dipoles, beams and verticals that are feed with coax do not need RF
grounds in the shack

Not true. Feeding an antenna with coax does not remove the need for a
station ground and here's why:

http://k6mhe.com/sub/BlancedFeedLine.pdf


Danny,K6MHE

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