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RHF wrote:

# 1 - Consider using a good 'earthen' Ground
with your Radio and Antenna.


I tried it. The clumps of dirt don't adhere to each other or the radio
very well, so forming a continuous earthen ground is very unlikely.

Would a long hose tamped full of moist dirt give me a good connection to
the outside world?

I figure I could use a long earth worm to connect the dirt in the hose
to the terminal on the back of the set.


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On Jul 1, 10:29 am, m II wrote:
RHF wrote:
# 1 - Consider using a good 'earthen' Ground
with your Radio and Antenna.


- I tried it. The clumps of dirt don't adhere to each
- other or the radio very well, so forming a continuous
- earthen ground is very unlikely.
-
- Would a long hose tamped full of moist dirt give
- me a good connection to the outside world?
-
- I figure I could use a long earth worm to connect the
- dirt in the hose to the terminal on the back of the set.
-
- mike

Mike - Are you so over in-tell-i-gent.
-or- may be simply so 'hosed' ~ RHF

"EARTHEN" GROUND : {Grounding}
What I mean by a good 'earthen' Ground
is a Metal Ground Rod in-the-ground -vice-
An attempt at Grounding via a Cold Water
Pipe with many questionable Mechanical
Connections (Joints} -or- Using the Round
Ground Pin on an Electrical Outlet also with
many questionable Mechanical Connections
(Joints} as a Grounding-Point.

Well Grounded is Well Grounded and it usually
requires having a Metal Ground Rod placed
into the Earth -hence- an 'earthen' Ground.

=IF= A good 'earthen' Ground can not be set-up
{constructed} -then- Consider some type of
Balanced Antenna like a Dipole of Loop to
achieve the best Radio Reception that you can.
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