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The difference in reception with and without a good earth ground on a sw radio receiver is startling... even using a whip on the ant terminal... that ground makes a HUGE difference... I have experienced it before, as recently as this year when I sold a triple conversion superhet panasonic....
without it almost nothing even with strong local stations, but when I tapped into the ground wire coming from my 8' stake... whoahhhh....
The ground on an outlet (use the plate screw, but test everything first as to hot etc miswiring) can make do...
(my house antenna coax is bonded to the rod, and seperate from the ac power ground.)
also: did you fiddle with the rf gain??? in the picture, it's at minimum.
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Last edited by markthefixer; 09-19-2005 at 03:21 AM.
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