On 3/23/2011 9:55 AM, bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 23, 7:39 am, wrote:
On 03/23/2011 08:18 AM, bpnjensen wrote:

On Mar 23, 4:39 am, wrote:
I did some surfing on the Internet and found a great deal of information
about Ground Antennas. Run a wire from a grounding rod to your antenna
lead on your radio and sure enough you start pulling in signals from the
ground. I conducted a simple test and it seems that some stations on the
lower bands offer very acceptable reception. I also read that this
matter was studied up until the 1930's and then all research ended. I
don't recall this ever discussed in this group before. Comments?

Roger

I wonder what would happen if you then also stuck a wire up a tree
amnd connected it to your radio's ground?

I don't believe in ground.

It sure helps here! It both drains off some of the noise and cranks
up the signal. It's easy to tell when the grounds are disconnected...

I'm floating. The coax shield has a lightning ground where it enters the
shack. The 43'vertical is like a really big CB radio groundplane on the
roof. Every antenna except for traveling wave antennas is a dipole.