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Re: RFI Update
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Howard Traxler <[log in to unmask]>
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Howard Traxler <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 21 Feb 2016 19:24:52 -0600
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I have a common ground buss that all components connect to and a wire that 
connects my ground buss to the ground rod outside the window.  Ground buss 
also has a wire going to an electrical box inside the shack.  Don't know if 
all that makes any difference.

73, de WA9RYF, the other Howard
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Tinney" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: RFI Update


> Tom,
>
> I would try disconnecting that short ground wire between your electrical
> ground and your shack's ground rod.  There is a lot of controversy about
> using one common ground for your entire qth.  I know of one local ham
> that had lightning strike aftr another until he separated his ham ground
> from the eletctrical ground.
>
> Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
>
> On 2/21/2016 12:06 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
>> Bob or anyone:
>>
>> I wonder what would happen if I disconnected the ground wire between the
>> ground rod below my shack, and the ground on the electrical power box. 
>> It
>> is only a short wire, and I can't believe it should make a difference, 
>> but
>> with this sort of thing, you never know, I guess.
>>
>> I've tried some snap-on RF chokes on the output of my TS590, and the 
>> common
>> port of my Alpha Delta antenna switch, but so far nothing has changed
>> significantly.
>>
>> Will keep at it here.
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators 
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Bob Tinney
>> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 12:15 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: RFI Update
>>
>> Tom,
>>
>> That means that RF is coming down your coax lines from your antennas, and
>> that you have a long ground wire which will radiate that Rf.  You also 
>> could
>> be having a ground loop between your electrical and RF ground rod.
>>
>> I would try a coax RF choke at each antenna and or connecting a second
>> ground wire that is a few feet longer which should lower your RF ground
>> reactance.
>>
>> Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]

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