Yup, Mark, that's another thought, although I'm not exactly sure where
I'd put the ground rod if the grounding wire were, say, 16 feet long.

Will give this some thought, though.

Thanks, and 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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From: "Frederick" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: continuing RFI problems in travel trailer


> Hi Tom,
>     There are 2 conflicting schools of thought when it comes to grounding.
> One is to keep the wire, from the radio to the grounding rod,  less than
one
> quarter wave. I believe this is how you have it set up.
>     The second theory is that the length of grounding wire should be about
> one quarter wave long. this will give a low resistance path to ground.
>     My thought is if one style isn't working maybe the other would.
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