I'm setup in my sun room, hot as hell in the summer, can't do much about it 
but the rest of the year it's not too bad. Someday I'll hit the lottery or 
something and finally fix the windows in the sun room, or replace them all, 
and put the air conditioner in out there. I have one for out there but 
haven't had  a chance to do the modifying I'd have to to make it fit.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: rf ground, how long is too long?


> There is nothing wrong with a basement shack, and I had one  for years
> at a previous QTH.  But I wouldn't relegate myself  to a cold and dreary
>  abyss along with last year's Christmas decorations and other junk just
> to  avoid the possibility that there could  perhaps bea  some RF problem.
> It's only a hobby.  Don't reorganize your life and household out of
> paranoia.   If you want a basement shack, go for it and build a nice
> one, but hams have shacks in all parts of the house  and life goes on.
>  Even if you set up in the basement, you will probably have some rf
> problem at some point in your ham career.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
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> On 8/11/2013 7:38 PM, Kent Plemmons wrote:
>> Hi everybody,
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>> How long is too long to run my rf ground to an earth ground?
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>> I would like to put my hf rig in a room on the main floor of our house 
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>> a second story) but it would require running my rf ground about 18' to an
>> earth ground.  This room is heated in the winter and is comfortable.  The
>> other option I have is to put it in the basement which is not completely
>> underground and would take some amount of modification to make 
>> comfortable
>> in cold weather but I would only need to run my rf ground about 6' to an
>> earth ground.  I could relocate computer if necessary.  I don't want to 
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>> all set up with antenna cabling etc. just to find out that I should have 
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>> everything in the basement where there is a shorter ground.  Any of you 
>> have
>> similar problem?  Where would you locate?
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>> Kent Plemmons somewhere in the Smoky Mountains of NC
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>> Skype: kent.plemmons
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>> Kk4fff
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