A long station ground will hurt you too, it will act as part of the antenna. 
A lightning ground can be long, but a station ground really shouldn't be, 
that's why I don't even run one, I'm on the second floor and there's no way 
I could get one to work here. I could run the artificial ground I used to 
run at the former QTH, but I forgot to hook that up when I was testing 
things here when the antenna went up, and I have yet to have a problem I may 
need it for so I'll leave it that way.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Ryan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 8:48 PM
Subject: Re_G5RV Operation


> Hi All:=20
>
> Well, I required more than 50 feet of coax to reach my antenna switch.=20=
>
> So what I have is the ladder line portion with a transformer and 50 feet =
> professionally sealed.=20
> Then I used a barrel connector and added a further 50 feet, again all =
> sealed and weather proofed. but now I have about 30 feet too much in the =
> shack.=20
> I have also discovered that my feed line is coming into contact with my =
> fairly long ground wire, as they share the same conduit.=20
> So I think the thing I should do is pull back enough to wind a 10 turn =
> coax choke, move that leg which is presently about 1 foot above my =
> feedline and running parallel, moving it about 20 feet away,=20
> rearrange my shack, remove that conduit, shortin up that second 50 foot =
> length, keeping them well clear of my station's main ground wire.=20
> I figure about 20 feet of that 2ND 50 foot length should do. Should  =
> shortin' that up as well because I think this in fact might be acting or =
> detuning things. =20
>
> 73:=20
>
> Michael De VO1RYN=20