Re: [Flexradio] On the subject of RF grounding

2012-12-29 Thread Michael Tondee
Yep, that's one of the things I was going to get around to addressing but never did because the only thing I noticed was a slight noise in the speakers when transmitting and it wasn't a real annoyance. As far as the suggested reading, I'm somewhat more confused now because one author doesn't re

Re: [Flexradio] On the subject of RF grounding

2012-12-29 Thread Tim Ellison, W4TME
After reading this the first thing that came to mind is the Flex-1500 audio out into your computer's sound card's audio input would create a ground loop unless the audio connection was isolated with a transformer. Ground loops induce currents to flow. Too much grounding can be a bad thing. Sea

Re: [Flexradio] On the subject of RF grounding

2012-12-29 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Michael Tondee wrote: > ...following the recent post on RF ingress and RF grounding... For a lot of excellent info on common mode currents, station grounding, lightning protection, and RF in the shack, check out: http://w8ji.com/ground_systems.htm If y

[Flexradio] On the subject of RF grounding

2012-12-29 Thread Michael Tondee
Th may be a tad OT but I hope y'all will indulge me just a bit. I have been following the recent post on RF ingress and RF grounding with great interest. I never had any real problems before with my old 1500 and my kit built 50 watt amp. I had everything grounded to a central point with braid a