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Re: [TowerTalk] House entrance ground for RF ground?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] House entrance ground for RF ground?
From: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:29:24 -0700
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On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 06:02:40 -0600, Ronald D Lowrance wrote:

>One very important point is that the majority of Amateurs Radio Operators 
>ignore and disregard is the connection of the station ground rod to the 
>house main entrance ground rod.  

If this statement is true, it means that this majority is STUPID. The National 
Electric Code was written by VERY SMART engineers. It is UNSAFE to violate the 
NEC grounding and bonding requirements. 

>This prevents strange RF issues such as "ground loops".

Horse pucky. Virtually all commonly held beliefs about "ground loops" are "old 
wives' tales, based on a complete lack of understanding of the science, about 
how power systems are wired, and about how antennas work. 

See the tutorials on Power and Grounding and on Interfacing Ham Gear and 
Computers on http://audiosystemsgroup.com/publish

73,

Jim Brown K9YC


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