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Old 15th Sep 2019, 6:26 pm   #84
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Default Re: Antenna recommendation for 40 and 80M bands

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Originally Posted by budkor22 View Post
I checked connectivity between all the Mains sockets E pins on the walls with DMM, and they are all connected.

I rechecked the E pins and Mains water pipes, but there is NO connection at all.
For houses built in the last 50-60 years the water-main 'incomer' has been a plastic pipe.

Same goes for gas-pipes - which have either been plastic or a metal-pipe-with-yellow-plastic-oversheathing.

Using water/gas-pipes for any kind of RF grounding/earthing is stupid.
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