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Crackerjack
Intermediate Member
Username: Crackerjack
Post Number: 399
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 02, 2005 - 9:12 am: | 
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Has anyone here ever used an Artificial Ground Unit?
Are they helpful and under what circumstances? |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 2545
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 02, 2005 - 10:53 am: |
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I have used one and they do help on very low frequency bands. On 160 and 80 the one i had improved receive and helped some what with transmit. Now as for CB use i doubt it will realy do much ...... I sold mine after i bought a spyro dipole .... the new antenna simply worked better |
Crackerjack
Intermediate Member
Username: Crackerjack
Post Number: 400
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 02, 2005 - 12:03 pm: |
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Bruc: Thanks. I was thibking that a counterpoise would have little effect at 10/11 Meters.
I was also thinking that a Grounded DC probably doesn't really need "tuned" for FR at those wavelengths. I am experiencing TVI in my house only -and I am not sure that it is TVI and not just amplitude modulation (audio somehow) across ONLY ONE TV speaker. I have tried TVI filters -no joy!
So, I suspect a normal houshold grounding problem. I will attack that beast again.
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Allagator
Advanced Member
Username: Allagator
Post Number: 589
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 1:06 am: |
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crackerjack ! try this !
run a groud wire from the 120V plug at the wall to a ground rod ! then connect your radios to the power ! (yea its a pain in the butt)
now run new ground wire from the Main power box to another ground rod !
it helped with mine !
but it didnt work on my cheep RCA stereo ! LOL
hope this mite help !
Allagator !
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Bigbob
Senior Member
Username: Bigbob
Post Number: 1856
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 5:02 am: |
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The snap together data-line ferrite chokes that radio shack sells works wonders,got them on all my speaker wires and indoor telephone wires,at each end of speaker wires and about every 8 feet on telephone wires.Had to visit 4 rs stores to get enough. Bigbob |
Crackerjack
Intermediate Member
Username: Crackerjack
Post Number: 404
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 6:22 pm: |
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BigBob: "snap together data-line ferrite chokes"
Got no idea what you are talking about, but I am gonna fined out!
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