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Originally Posted by Junk Box Nick
Well, I've been considering returning to the bands after many years with my vintage kit. A 'stealth' vertical at the end of the garden amongst the trees seemed the best idea. A few years ago I put in a comprehensive earth system when I relaid the lawn.
However, S9 interference from all manner of electrical gadgets, neighbours' household wiring acting as QRM transmitting aerials, overhead telephone lines merrily pulsing with data, planning issues, risk of neighbour conflict once metal and wire is raised in the air, risk of blame once anyone's TV reception has a wobble, prolonged lousy HF band conditions, and now the knotty issue of earthing raised in this thread...
So, I've had an idea: Let's forget it and do something else.
It was all so simple years ago. No wonder amateur radio is dying.
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I can't argue with any of that. In terms of reception, an active magloop antenna might be a way of avoiding noise to some degree. The last one I built seemed quite good on 80m, though I had hoped it would deliver on 60m, but not sure about that. For your earth system for the vertical, does a well-designed and constructed
balanced ATU solve the problem, assuming you have 'modern' mains system? I am asking that as an
open question.
I'd like to get back on the air, but it's proving hard to do from this QTH, from which 2m is completely dead and overhead phone and power cables limit HF operations. But I'm pleased to say that stamps have not yet been deemed worthy of my time
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