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Old July 21st 12, 12:03 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default UK earthling - was: Dipole-2 different wire sizes?

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BillyBobMarley wrote:
Not to be a smart ass but weren't a lot of the old British cars
equipped with a positive ground? What's up with that?


The electrons come out of the negative end of the battery. The Old Brits
were smart. They didn't want the electrons to jump off of the ends of
the cars, so they tied the positive ends of the batteries to the car
chassis. Except for those cars they exported to Poland ;-) .

David, ex-W8EZE

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