Ralph, I agree. I was trying to keep my answer short and in doing so I left out a lot. I just wanted to point out that his radio is most likely grounded through the house wiring and then to a ground rod close to the house entry point. As to whether another ground would give better reception, well, I'm not even going there.
73 -- Roy Storey W5TKZ On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:47 PM, ralphcheek via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Roy, > That round pin on the plug is an AC (&DC) ground but not much of a radio > frequency (RF) ground. > I use a flat copper brade that is 1 inch wide out to three 10' long copper > ground rods in a triangle formation seperated by 18 inches for a minimum RF > ground. > Hole you find this helpful. > 73, > Ralph, KL7AX > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Roy Storey via BVARC <[email protected]> > Date: 07/15/2014 3:28 PM (GMT-06:00) > To: Gayle Dotts <[email protected]>,BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB < > [email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Grounded radio in shack > > > You may think your radio is not grounded, but if it has a polarized with a > ground pin (the round one) on the power plug and if the house wiring is up > to code, I think you are grounded. > > > 73 -- Roy Storey W5TKZ > > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Gayle Dotts via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> My radio is currently not grounded. Beyond the obvious power surge >> possibility that exists, is there an increase in reception to be obtained >> available due to radio grounding? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > >
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