I ran about a 60 foot piece of insulated wire from my window to a
telephone pole. I connected one end to my radio. The reception is a
lot better for MW and SW then the wip/ferrite int. But my antenna
input on the 800 has a red (sig) and black(grnd) antenna input.
Should I ground the one side when I'm already seeing good signal
strength out of the wire? Can I expect the addition of a ground to
improve my S/N? Reason why I'm asking is because I live in an old
house with two prong power outlets and running a ground to my upstairs
office will take some time. Thx

grounding will improve reception. Adding a static arrestor will help too. Be
careful - if you live in thunderstorm prone areas, unplug everything from
the radio if one is in the area.

"Bill Beam" wrote in message
...
So adding the ground will get rid of unwanted baseline noise but the
signal strength will stay the same or get better?


On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 12:39:59 +0900, "Brenda Ann"
wrote:


"Bill Beam" wrote in message
.. .
I ran about a 60 foot piece of insulated wire from my window to a
telephone pole. I connected one end to my radio. The reception is a
lot better for MW and SW then the wip/ferrite int. But my antenna
input on the 800 has a red (sig) and black(grnd) antenna input.
Should I ground the one side when I'm already seeing good signal
strength out of the wire? Can I expect the addition of a ground to
improve my S/N? Reason why I'm asking is because I live in an old
house with two prong power outlets and running a ground to my upstairs
office will take some time. Thx

How's the noise level right now? If it's pretty low, then don't bother.
If
you get a high noise level, run a ground directly to a 10' copper clad
steel
rod directly below your window.

Also, don't be surprised if one day you come home and find that your
antenna
wire has been taken down. The utility companies are very finicky about
what's attached to their poles. If you don't have permission to attach
something, it usually is taken down by the next crew that sees it.
Sometimes they even try to fine you.

Maybe.
"Bill Beam" wrote in message
...
So adding the ground will get rid of unwanted baseline noise but the
signal strength will stay the same or get better?


On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 12:39:59 +0900, "Brenda Ann"
wrote:


"Bill Beam" wrote in message
.. .
I ran about a 60 foot piece of insulated wire from my window to a
telephone pole. I connected one end to my radio. The reception is a
lot better for MW and SW then the wip/ferrite int. But my antenna
input on the 800 has a red (sig) and black(grnd) antenna input.
Should I ground the one side when I'm already seeing good signal
strength out of the wire? Can I expect the addition of a ground to
improve my S/N? Reason why I'm asking is because I live in an old
house with two prong power outlets and running a ground to my upstairs
office will take some time. Thx

How's the noise level right now? If it's pretty low, then don't bother.
If
you get a high noise level, run a ground directly to a 10' copper clad
steel
rod directly below your window.

Also, don't be surprised if one day you come home and find that your
antenna
wire has been taken down. The utility companies are very finicky about
what's attached to their poles. If you don't have permission to attach
something, it usually is taken down by the next crew that sees it.
Sometimes they even try to fine you.