Re: Topband: Feedline; to ground, or not to ground?

2012-11-10 Thread Tom
> some suggest that the heliax have a ground kit installed at ground level, > where the cable leaves the tower base, where there are three ground rods, > and 100 buried radials. This would result in the outer conductor being > grounded at 60 feet and 400 feet from the antenna. I can't imagine why

Topband: Feedline; to ground, or not to ground?

2012-11-10 Thread Phil Clements
I have read several recent posts lately about feedline chokes and grounding on 160 meter ground plane antennas. This has left me confused! My full-size G.P. feed point is 60 feet above ground. There are three radials that slope down from the feed point to about 10 feet above ground. The system