What are you using for a ground?
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From: "Mark Torgerson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 4:58 PM
Subject: Finishing Installing Antenna


> Hi
>
>     Well, it warmed up in to the mid-thirties the other day and I went out
> and added about 62 feet of aluminum electric fence wire to the ground side
> of the 75 meter antenna. I figured that would complete the dipole. I used
> twelve gage solid copper wire on the hot side when I installed that part
> last year. Now, with both legs of the antenna up in the air I started
> testing. It shows 1.7 SWR at 3.980 MHz and 1 to 1 at 3.945 MHz Then I ran 
> in
> to a trouble. When I tried to put a signal on 3.97 to test the SWR, the 
> oric
> air purifier started buzzing and it pull the GFI on the Oric unit. Well,
> after the GFI was reset that unit worked as normal. My question is, how do 
> I
> protect this unit so we do not have this issue in the future? The radio
> needs to live at peace with the rest of the house.
>
>     Any ideas are appreciated.
>
>
>
> God bless,
>
> Mark
>
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