On Apr 20, 12:46*am, Drakefan wrote:
Count Floyd wrote:
I have heard a lot about grounding and using baluns, but I am using
the cold water faucet in the back yard, it has an old-fashioned strap
with a screw on the top that I put the ground wire in and tighten it
down. *Is this any good, or would something else be better?
Thanks,
Bob
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- If the "cold water faucet in the backyard" is actually
- attached to the house, it will most likely not be directly
- grounded to the earth.
- Somewhere in the house there is a ground wire connecting
- the cold water plumbing to the electrical system ground,
- which is usually an outside ground rod.
- In that case the outside faucet is not a good RF ground.
- You would do better to build a ground system for your
- radio like the kind being discussed here in the other
- thread on this topic.
-

Building a Solid Copper Ground Pipe {Tube} with an Solid Iron Core.
- Also - Water Drilling a Solid Copper Pipe for a Ground Rod.
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...60795205262938

Transforming your simple Ground Rod into a Ground Anchor :
Is It Worth The Work ? - You Decide !
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...31a1a89aa89026
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...b69b219da2de33