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Again, my coax run solves that problem.  It really works.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Tue, 16 Apr 
2013, John Miller wrote:

> How long a run are you talking? Remember, if you're close to resonant on any
> band, you're going to be in big trouble on that band and you're much better
> off without and you run in to that anything over 3 or 4 feet.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Curtis Delzer" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:53 PM
> Subject: Re: mfj 931
>
>
>> I have a similar problem, where my 8 foot ground rod is sunk close to
>> the antenna, the ground of the antenna is connected to it, but my
>> radio is in the house kind of around the corner so should I run a
>> number 12 wire to the ground rod from my rig or not?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> At 08:27 AM 04/16/13, you wrote:
>>> Thanks.  I'll have to play with this.  My concern about removing
>>> insulation is
>>> that the wire will begin only a couple feet from the ground rod for my
>>> antenna
>>> and I would think they would essentially cancel each other out.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
>>> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
>>
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