Of course it is Jim! It's a relatively (35 ohms, thereabouts) impedance. That's a decent RF ground, especially when compared with no ground.
It's *not* a lightening ground. It's *not* a mains power ground. But it *IS* a ground for RF purposes, just as the radials on a ground plane ground are an "RF Ground", meaning a low-impedance path for RF currents to flow. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Brown Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] BL-2 Connection To An Unbalanced Wire Antenna On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:57:55 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: >The most important thing is to have an RF ground at the rig - especially >when using a wire that's 1/4 wavelength or less long as we often must do >when travelling light. >For my KX1 I carry two 33 foot lengths of wire soldered to a BNC male >connector. One goes to the "hot" center pin and the other connects to the >shell of the ANT connector. >If I can, I get both of wires "in the clear". That's not an "RF ground," it's a counterpoise, it's radials, it's the other half of the antenna. I agree that what you've described is very important to make the antenna work, but it's NOT "RF ground." 73, Jim Brown K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
