For receive only, would an artificial ground be useful for the frequencies
between .150-30 mhz?

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:06:57 GMT, "Spin"
wrote:

For receive only, would an artificial ground be useful for the frequencies
between .150-30 mhz?

Sure. But not much over simply connecting to the safety ground at the
power outlet, and using a conventional tuner.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:46:51 -0700, Richard Clark wrote:

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:06:57 GMT, "Spin" wrote:

For receive only, would an artificial ground be useful for the
frequencies between .150-30 mhz?

Sure. But not much over simply connecting to the safety ground at the
power outlet, and using a conventional tuner.

Just to be a little note... some SWLers run a wire from the chassis of
a radio to "any" ground realizing a increase in signal. This may be do to
the fact that this ground actually becomes part of the antenna so-to-
speak. Smply running a wire connected to the chassis out the window and
in the other direction of your antenna may do the same thing. However, a
safety ground with anything having an external antenna is generally a
good idea. :-)

When using a power outlet as a ground, you may incur more noise depending
on what equipment is also sharing the same ground.