Roy, That round pin on the plug is an AC (&DC) ground but not much of a radio frequency (RF) ground. I use a flat copper brade that is 1 inch wide out to three 10' long copper ground rods in a triangle formation seperated by 18 inches for a minimum RF ground. Hole you find this helpful. 73, Ralph, KL7AX
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Roy Storey via BVARC <[email protected]> Date: 07/15/2014 3:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Gayle Dotts <[email protected]>,BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Grounded radio in shack You may think your radio is not grounded, but if it has a polarized with a ground pin (the round one) on the power plug and if the house wiring is up to code, I think you are grounded. 73 -- Roy Storey W5TKZ On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Gayle Dotts via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: My radio is currently not grounded. Beyond the obvious power surge possibility that exists, is there an increase in reception to be obtained available due to radio grounding? _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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