Steve, I have tried the "barefoot" approach here, nothing seems to work. One draws sparks in our rooms with wood flooring also. NV is an extreme environment!
I have had "RF ground" problems here while using various antennas, some fed with coax, some with balanced feed, baluns, etc. One problem, of course, is having the rig connected to the power line ground, which is on the opposite side of the house, and you know how big the ground leads are that are run through the house. RF pickup on the ground system is substantial. Jerry AI6L -----Original Message----- From: Steve Ellington [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:46 AM To: Jerry T. Dowell; 'callen1155'; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/100 -Second floor- no RF ground ?? As for ESD....Someone here suggested going barefooted. I've verified this. It works. Socks are not allowed! This also lets you run "barefoot" while running the amp. Replacing carpet with wood flooring helps too but a bit more expensive. Your RFI problems sound like common mode current on your feeder. I would try changing the length. My final solution here was to put the MFJ-998 1.5kw auto tuner out at the antenna "130' inverted L" and run coax into the house. Steve N4LQ ______________________________________________________________ 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
