"w_tom" wrote in message
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Do you need an earth ground, or AC electric ground, or just
a big Faraday shield? Even your concrete floor is an earth
ground - depending on electrical characteristics that were not
provided. Without mentioning frequencies or purpose of the
'ground', then all answers will only be speculation based upon
personal assumptions. What are you trying to accomplish?
Noise reduction? Better signal reception? Human safety? All
may be useful or useless reasons for grounding.

Lucky wrote:
I live on the 23rd floor of a building so I can't use the earth
directly for the ground. The options in my "radio room" are the
ground from the electrical sockets and that's about it.

I've heard I can roll out 10ft of tin foil on the floor as a
ground {that's out}, or, use the window frames as a good ground.
As far as I can tell, the window frame looks to be aluminum or
some sort of alloy.

Have any of you heard of using a window frame as a ground? I think
I read it in this NG that someone recommended it and was using it
for his ground. I've been using the ground from an electrical
outlet.

But being that so many people live in the building that use
appliances and other plugged in items all day and night, I
sometimes get what seems like bad feedback affecting the receiver.

So what do you think of the window frame for the ground then? I
welcome any other options I can use in a room very far from a
direct earth ground. The bathroom pipes are all the way across
the room separated by a wall. Not easy to get to.

Hi Tom

I was trying to do the right thing according to manuals and some articles I
read, plus lower the noise floor. I always thought this unwanted "noise,
static, clicks, lightning and other garbage" needed somewhere to go. That
you wanted to provide a path for it so it didn't find it's way to the radios
speaker and then your ears.

I bascially do BCB during the day, some Hams, shortwave programs during the
early night and Hams again later at night.
I live in Florida and like listening to the Southern Hams late at night.
Some stay on very late.

I'm bascially talk programs during the day and all over the night
frequencies at night.
Whatever catches my interest. I even listen to the Liberty net every so
often for fun.

Thanks
Lucky