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You can take exception all you want, but if you study any antenna design you
will find that it either has grounded elements, and the active element is not grounded, or it has some kind of reactive isolation of the active element from ground. the antenna simply cannot function unless one of these conditions exist. period. "Dr. Fred Hambrecht Sr" wrote in message ... May I take exception with your statement? Many antennas are operated at DC ground. A J-pole, and any beam that is of "plumbers delight" construction come to mind as I type. As far as the shield contributing to noise, pure nonsense. If the shield and the center conductor are connected to the radio it has an RF ground from the antennas counterpoise. In the case of a long wire, a ground is necessary to provide a counterpoise. A ground rod does a very poor job of providing one. The main reason for a ground rod is lighting protection, and static a bleed off path. No grounding system in the world will remove common mode noise. "Zombie Wolf" wrote in message ... No antenna is at DC ground, if it is going to function as an antenna. As far as static building up on the outer braid of coax, if you have your antenna firmly mounted to the pipe metal to metal, then grounding the pipe at the bottom is as close to "grounded" as you are going to get, and this will ground any "ground" radials that are not active elements of the antenna, and usually put the shield of the coax at ground, also. There is a more important reason to ground the antenna pipe, and thereby the shield of the coax. It keeps local electrical noise and interference from penetrating into the coax , and raising the noise and interference in the reciever. The signals you are trying to pick up on the scanner or radio are hundreds of times weaker than a lot of local noise is, and the noise will tend to over-ride the signal if this is not attended to. (the coax actually acts like an antenna when the shield is not at ground). This will tend to severely limit your hearing range on the radio , especially in locations that are rife with electrical noise , like in the city, near a factory, etc, etc, etc "Bob Parnass" wrote in message news On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:37:52 -0700, Jason Wagner wrote: ... On the other hand, I do like the idea of having static build up on coax bled to ground. But does this product really work? Anyone using them? If you want to avoid building up a static charge on your antenna, use an antenna that is at "DC ground." Discones and Ventennas are not at DC ground. I have a few of the spark gap arrestors like those you cited. It takes a high voltage to jump the air gap inside them. Using a more sophisticated receiver protector with a gas cartridge will discharge the voltage to ground at a lower voltage level than an air gap and provide more protection. I use an older Alpha Delta Transi Trap on my shortwave receiver. It contains a replaceable gas plug. A newer version is show at http://www.alphadeltacom.com/tt3g50.html Disconnect your scanner from the antenna when not in use, especially during lightning season. -- ================================================== ======================= Bob Parnass, AJ9S GNU/Linux User http://parnass.com |
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On 2 meters I use a copper J-pole. The entire antenna is soldered pipe and
any point can be measured to ground with an ohm meter and is at DC ground. The antenna is fed a few inches up from the bottom with the braid going to one point on the DC ground and the center lead to another point on the DC ground. The RF impedance is in the area of 50 Ohms. I have no earthly idea what you are referring to when you use the term "reactive isolation". Once any reactive element is brought into the equation, we have left the DC world. DC ground is included in no antenna equation I am familiar with, but I stand ready to be proven wrong. I reply not to be argumentative, but in the furtherance of knowledge. "Zombie Wolf" wrote in message ... You can take exception all you want, but if you study any antenna design you will find that it either has grounded elements, and the active element is not grounded, or it has some kind of reactive isolation of the active element from ground. the antenna simply cannot function unless one of these conditions exist. period. "Dr. Fred Hambrecht Sr" wrote in message ... May I take exception with your statement? Many antennas are operated at DC ground. A J-pole, and any beam that is of "plumbers delight" construction come to mind as I type. As far as the shield contributing to noise, pure nonsense. If the shield and the center conductor are connected to the radio it has an RF ground from the antennas counterpoise. In the case of a long wire, a ground is necessary to provide a counterpoise. A ground rod does a very poor job of providing one. The main reason for a ground rod is lighting protection, and static a bleed off path. No grounding system in the world will remove common mode noise. "Zombie Wolf" wrote in message ... No antenna is at DC ground, if it is going to function as an antenna. As far as static building up on the outer braid of coax, if you have your antenna firmly mounted to the pipe metal to metal, then grounding the pipe at the bottom is as close to "grounded" as you are going to get, and this will ground any "ground" radials that are not active elements of the antenna, and usually put the shield of the coax at ground, also. There is a more important reason to ground the antenna pipe, and thereby the shield of the coax. It keeps local electrical noise and interference from penetrating into the coax , and raising the noise and interference in the reciever. The signals you are trying to pick up on the scanner or radio are hundreds of times weaker than a lot of local noise is, and the noise will tend to over-ride the signal if this is not attended to. (the coax actually acts like an antenna when the shield is not at ground). This will tend to severely limit your hearing range on the radio , especially in locations that are rife with electrical noise , like in the city, near a factory, etc, etc, etc "Bob Parnass" wrote in message news On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:37:52 -0700, Jason Wagner wrote: ... On the other hand, I do like the idea of having static build up on coax bled to ground. But does this product really work? Anyone using them? If you want to avoid building up a static charge on your antenna, use an antenna that is at "DC ground." Discones and Ventennas are not at DC ground. I have a few of the spark gap arrestors like those you cited. It takes a high voltage to jump the air gap inside them. Using a more sophisticated receiver protector with a gas cartridge will discharge the voltage to ground at a lower voltage level than an air gap and provide more protection. I use an older Alpha Delta Transi Trap on my shortwave receiver. It contains a replaceable gas plug. A newer version is show at http://www.alphadeltacom.com/tt3g50.html Disconnect your scanner from the antenna when not in use, especially during lightning season. -- ================================================== ======================= Bob Parnass, AJ9S GNU/Linux User http://parnass.com |
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