Reg Edwards wrote:

You are all making a song and dance about it.


And it seems I don't know the words.

Whatever the ground electrode system happens to be, the impedance to
Earth cannot possibly be less than the series impedance of the
connecting lead. Which can be quite high at HF.


Yes, but who's to say where the
connecting lead begins. Simply imagine
the antenna extending all the way to the
ground electrode system and the tuner
inserted, say four feet above it. The
tuner may need some RF choking, of
course, but ground lead impedance is now
near zero ohms.

In my opinion, the most effective ground will always be a short,
thick, direct connection from the radio equipment to the internal hull
of a metal boat.

Not so practical a solution from inside
an FRG hull.


If you like, you can connect whatever else you have in mind in
parallel with it, probably at the other end of a long lead, and it
won't make the slightest improvement in performance.


Certainly true for a metal hull in
sal****er.

Just use your loafs. And Happy sailing!
----
Reg, G4FGQ.


73,

Chuck

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