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    ground rods and static

    I am using an 8ft ground rod antenna mast is clamped to the ground rod. mast is 15ft. and antenna is a sigma4. noticing a increase in static level this summer. a local station suggested watering my ground rod. this dropped the static froms5 - s7 to s2-s4after watering the area by the ground...
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    best antenna height

    obvious that antenna height affects preformance and is critical, often heard one wave length is the best but also that 1.5 but less then 3 wave lengths is good.http://www.tennadyne.com/facts.htm any thoughts or experience. I'm running a sigma4 twenty feet up. and it works pretty good.having...
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    trying to recieve fringe stations.

    In my area like many others the cb use is very low, however some evenings I can hear stations that are in with the noise.in the past have been able to make contact with stations 100+ ,miles away, but with these stations I can only make out a few words and not able to contact these stations. I'm...
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    dacron guy wire?

    in the past used the mid steel guy wire and insulators to help keep the wires from resonating, but have heard dacron is popular today any thoughts on dacron vs steel. my new install is a sigma4 on a 20ft push up telescopic mast. currentely no guy wires, but it sways a bit.san jose never gets...
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    how important is a ground rod.

    just put my ole sigma4 back up. 20ft telospic mast, mounted on the ground roof would have been higher but ground mount allowed to use the eves to help. mast was set on top of a 2ft rod. to locate the base. next to the nast a 8ft ground rod was pounded and clamped to the mastfor a clean and...