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Station ground/2nd floor
Cecil Moore wrote: Yep, everyone should realize that a ground wire is N*1/4 wavelength at certain frequencies, and at those frequencies, is an RF transformer that locates the standing-wave voltage maximum points at the transmitter. (ouch!) That's what artificial grounds do - change that *electrical* length to N*1/2 wavelength. For anyone insisting on an RF ground for an upper floor, an artificial ground is probably the way to go. I, myself, prefer balanced antennas and feedlines. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp Cecil, Don't you mean that when a ground wire is N*1/4 wavelength at a particular frequency it locates the voltage mininum (current maximum) at the transmitter, and the voltage maximum well away from the transmitter. Artifical grounds use a series LC circuit to try and tune your ground wire to look like 1/4 wave. If they change the *electrical* length to 1/2 wave then you would have a voltage maximum at the transmitter (ouch!). Gary N4AST |
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