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, 
> it seems to crate more p problems with ground loops and so forth.  If you 
> do have to run a long ground wire, one old trick is to use shieldee cable, 
> use the center wire for the actual ground and bypass each end to the 
> shield with a .001 cap.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
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