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John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:33:05 -0400
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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?
>
>
>
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> 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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