Steve, I tried ferrite chokes on the phone line to the dsl modem no joy.
I even tried a different length of phone line to the modem no joy.
I have very little coax left leading to the balun.
The g5rv is up 40 foot on the tower.
The tower is about 12 to 15 foot from the house.


Junior Lolley KG4ITD Liberty County E. C.


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 11:05 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: need info

Junior,

I don't think it's really possible for Joe Average ham to measure the actual

resistance to the earth using  a regular ohm meter.   I think power 
companies and others who need to  get things down to that last fraction of 
an ohm, use something called a "Megger" to measure actual ground resistance.

You seem to be well grounded and maybe should look elsewhere.    You 
mentioned yesterday you were trashing your neighbors DSL.   If that is the 
only RF problem, maybe you should attack it there.   Ferrites on the phone 
line and the wall wart power supply for the DSL modem might help.

If you prefer trying to fix it from your end:  Do you have a low pass filter

in line?  If not, maybe borrow one and see if it helps, if you  already have

one, try removing it  and test things.   If you have some excess coax in 
your feed line, try winding a choke balun.  6 or 8 turns around a six inch 
diameter and held in place with tape or zip ties.  If possible, wind right 
at the place where the coax terminates to the ladder line of your G5RV.  You

will need roughly 20 feet of extra coax, depending on the type of coax you 
are using.

If there is no excess feed line, just get a length of coax with the proper 
connectors or adapters and insert it in the feed line.  There are chokes, 
baluns, and line isolators you can buy, but no sense spending money until 
you  are sure it will solve the problem.

Good luck, Steve KW3A
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Junior Lolley KG4ITD" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 6:38 AM
Subject: need info


>I have been having rf problems on 75 and 80 meters.
> I am grounding my system even more.
> I added some grounding yesterday and the ohm meter says the reading is 
> 0.23.
> How much more do I need to lower the reading?
> Or is this ground alright?
> Any help is appreciated.
> I am using 4 eight foot ground rods tied together with 6 gauge stranded
> copper wire.
>
>
> Junior Lolley KG4ITD Liberty County E. C.
>