Hi Steve;

You need to re-configure the length and the possession of the ground wire.

Also, see what kind of ground wire the antenna calls for and re-examine the 
length.

They should have something about it in the specs.

And, if your shack is on the second floor, maybe you could re-locate it on 
the first floor or better yet in the basement.

This is my opinion and I found that this is what worked for me.

73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] RFI problem.


> Anthony,
>
> I'm sure that's possible, but I trust an earth ground more than I trust 
> grounding to a cold water pipe.  How can I find out, and how do I get rid 
> of a ground loop if there is one?
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 22:27
> Subject: Re: RFI problem.
>
>
>> Hi Steve;
>>
>> You may have inadvertently created a grounding loop.
>>
>> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
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>>  ----- Original Message -----=20
>>  From: Steve Dresser=20
>>  To: [log in to unmask]
>>  Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 10:13 PM
>>  Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] RFI problem.
>>
>>
>>  John,
>>
>>  You make a good point that a cold water ground isn't necessarily a =
>> real=20
>>  ground.  On the other hand, I use three grounding rods, and I still =
>> have the=20
>>  problem.
>>
>>  Steve
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----=20
>>  From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>  To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>  Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 11:40
>>  Subject: Re: RFI problem.
>>
>>
>>  > From my experience, some computer speakers, you're not going to fix =
>> it.=20
>>  > The
>>  > amplification in those is so cheap and garbage and unfiltered or =
>> anything,
>>  > it's just something you'll have to deal with more than likely. =
>> Grounding=20
>>  > to
>>  > a cold water pipe may not help either though as most often if you do =
>> it
>>  > after the meter, supposedly the meter can isolate you from that =
>> actually
>>  > grounding though I don't always trust that, but worse than that, a =
>> lot of
>>  > times either the electrical can be grounded there which should make =
>> RFI
>>  > issues worse and when I was new and starting out, my water pipes =
>> acted as
>>  > part of the antenna when I did that. It never showed up on the SWR =
>> or
>>  > anything, but it caused a lot more RFI than it was supposed to fix =
>> and my
>>  > electrical is grounded separate from the water pipe because I have a =
>> well
>>  > and most of the line from the well to the tank in the cellar is PVC =
>> anyway
>>  > though I didn't know that at the time.
>>  > Short version is though, half the hams I know, myself included go =
>> through
>>  > computer speakers in some way, shape or form and there's really =
>> nothing=20
>>  > most
>>  > of us can do about it, a lot of us around here have tried everything =
>> there
>>  > is to tru and nothing helped short of just turning them off and =
>> using a=20
>>  > set
>>  > of headphones in my case. The sighted hams just shut them off and =
>> leave it
>>  > that way.
>>  > ----- Original Message -----=20
>>  > From: "Richard French" <[log in to unmask]>
>>  > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>  > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 11:26 AM
>>  > Subject: RFI problem.
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >> Hi list.
>>  >> I grounded all my equipment to a cold water pipe, but I still come =
>> across
>>  >> my
>>  >> computer speakers.
>>  >> It's the only thing in the house I ever had RFI problems with.
>>  >> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>  >> Thanks in advance, and 73.
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>
>>
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