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So you're saying that a ground wire from the antenna to the ground rod should be no more than a 1/4 wavelength or it could add noise? The feedpoint would have to be no more than 8 or 9 feet above ground. Are you saying to not ground the antenna if it's mounted higher than that? Can you ground...
Along the same lines, why would you need to ground the coax if you ground the antenna? The coax shield is connected to the antenna's ground plane, the ground plane is grounded to the earth, so wouldn't that also ground the coax shield?
I'm trying to figure out what a proper installation is. Should I use a coil choke just to be on the safe side? Antenna voodoo just doesn't make any sense to me.
Hello, I've been lurking on this site for a couple years or so. This is my first post. I haven't been able to find the answers I've been looking for. Or maybe I did but they were over my head. So I'm hoping that someone here can dumb it down enough so that even I can understand it.
If you take...
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