Maybe there is an advantage to living in a trailer park. Put your antenna
in lot 27 and if need be, move your house to lot 89.
73, Steve KW3A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Junior Lolley KG4ITD" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: need info
> Steve, haven't tried ferrite on the dsl wall wart yet but I will.
> Now moving the house or tower no can do on either one lol.
>
>
> Junior Lolley KG4ITD Liberty County E. C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 5:50 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: need info
>
> Junior,
>
> Did you try any ferrites on the ac wall wart, or whatever powers the
> modem?
>
> Hope you don't have to move the house farther away from the tower.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Junior Lolley KG4ITD" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 5:24 PM
> Subject: Re: need info
>
>
>> Steve, I tried ferrite chokes on the phone line to the dsl modem no joy.
>> I even tried a different length of phone line to the modem no joy.
>> I have very little coax left leading to the balun.
>> The g5rv is up 40 foot on the tower.
>> The tower is about 12 to 15 foot from the house.
>>
>>
>> Junior Lolley KG4ITD Liberty County E. C.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
>> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 11:05 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: need info
>>
>> Junior,
>>
>> I don't think it's really possible for Joe Average ham to measure the
>> actual
>>
>> resistance to the earth using a regular ohm meter. I think power
>> companies and others who need to get things down to that last fraction
>> of
>> an ohm, use something called a "Megger" to measure actual ground
>> resistance.
>>
>> You seem to be well grounded and maybe should look elsewhere. You
>> mentioned yesterday you were trashing your neighbors DSL. If that is
>> the
>> only RF problem, maybe you should attack it there. Ferrites on the
>> phone
>> line and the wall wart power supply for the DSL modem might help.
>>
>> If you prefer trying to fix it from your end: Do you have a low pass
>> filter
>>
>> in line? If not, maybe borrow one and see if it helps, if you already
>> have
>>
>> one, try removing it and test things. If you have some excess coax in
>> your feed line, try winding a choke balun. 6 or 8 turns around a six
>> inch
>> diameter and held in place with tape or zip ties. If possible, wind
>> right
>> at the place where the coax terminates to the ladder line of your G5RV.
>> You
>>
>> will need roughly 20 feet of extra coax, depending on the type of coax
>> you
>> are using.
>>
>> If there is no excess feed line, just get a length of coax with the
>> proper
>> connectors or adapters and insert it in the feed line. There are chokes,
>> baluns, and line isolators you can buy, but no sense spending money until
>> you are sure it will solve the problem.
>>
>> Good luck, Steve KW3A
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Junior Lolley KG4ITD" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 6:38 AM
>> Subject: need info
>>
>>
>>>I have been having rf problems on 75 and 80 meters.
>>> I am grounding my system even more.
>>> I added some grounding yesterday and the ohm meter says the reading is
>>> 0.23.
>>> How much more do I need to lower the reading?
>>> Or is this ground alright?
>>> Any help is appreciated.
>>> I am using 4 eight foot ground rods tied together with 6 gauge stranded
>>> copper wire.
>>>
>>>
>>> Junior Lolley KG4ITD Liberty County E. C.
>>>
>>
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