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![]() WShoots1 wrote: Just connect one end to the radio's whip antenna and stick the other end into the big, round ground pin of a wall socket. Loop the bared end so it will stay in the socket and make good contact, too. That ground pin is at DC ground but way above RF ground. Too, the ground wire will couple off signals from those long hot wires. Be prepared, though, for overloading from nearby MW stations. A more elegant way would be to put an alligator clip on the radio end of the wire and a banana pin on the socket end. Note: This suggestion is only for U.S. and similar three-prong AC outlets. Bill, K5BY Hello, Bill: I need to be sure I am understanding you correctly (I'm not a whiz at the fine points of electronics involved in this). I could very well have been carrying erroneous information around in my head for years, but I remember (I think!) hearing when I was a kid that crossing antenna and ground - which it sounds like you are doing here - is a presrciption for disaster. If I'm all wet, please tell me so - I'd be happy to have correct info on this! Thanks, Tony ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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