Eric, Scott and all

The shielded ground idea is fine, to a point, if there is and RF issue in
the shack or house, otherwise I wouldn't bother.

If there is a problem on a specific band, then the quarter wave of wire
connected to the ground terminal may work.  This can be just chucked in
random under the bench.

73

David W Wood 

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Eric Oyen
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 6:33 AM
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Subject: Re: Station ground?

yep. thats called an RF shielded ground. it does make certain problems a =
lot more manageable. One other thing that will help (if the ground is =
far away and you don't have the ability to tie to it, use quarter wave =
counterpoise wires in place of said ground. Its not the most elegant =
solution, but it does have the virtue of having been tried and tested =
(and works).

-eric

On Feb 14, 2015, at 10:23 PM, Butch Bussen wrote:

> I don't run a ground here either, I haven't for years.  Everytime I =
try,=20
> it seems to crate more p problems with ground loops and so forth.  If =
you=20
> do have to run a long ground wire, one old trick is to use shieldee =
cable,=20
> use the center wire for the actual ground and bypass each end to the=20=

> shield with a .001 cap.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.