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Call Sign : my old call 30ct555.30ek555.30lr137.30kp012.30op555 Posts : 14 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2019-09-07 QTH or Location : spain Equipment Used : ken-ts590s 4elm sirio yaggi,sirio 2016 vertical Age : 73
i live in 2nd storie apartment and concrete all around .if i put earhrods into pots would that be ample to earth antenna,or can you give me any options de 30ct555
Radiomarko New Member
Call Sign : 26CT2266 & G7LJN Posts : 4 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2019-06-28 QTH or Location : IO80 Equipment Used : Too much. Need a bigger QTH!
You could try an MFJ Artificial Ground unit. The easiest way in a flat is to use a balanced antenna, a dipole for example and use a choke on the coax feeder to keep some RF out of your flat.
And no, an electrical or RF ground cannot be found in a pot ...
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26TC62 Senior contributor
Call Sign : 26TC62, 26CT2817 Posts : 141 Times Thanked : 29 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Portsmouth Equipment Used : Yaesu 891, 10m pole, wire 5/8, T2LT
Subject: Re: earthing antennas Sat Sep 14, 2019 8:40 am
An antenna doesn't have to be connected to a literal earth, indeed most antennas aren't. It is important to have some sort of ground plane, but for a lot of antennas this could be as little as a couple of quarter wave lengths of wire trailing around the balcony or some chicken wire around the sides of the balcony.
30ct555 New Member
Call Sign : my old call 30ct555.30ek555.30lr137.30kp012.30op555 Posts : 14 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2019-09-07 QTH or Location : spain Equipment Used : ken-ts590s 4elm sirio yaggi,sirio 2016 vertical Age : 73
Subject: Re: earthing antennas Sat Sep 14, 2019 4:25 pm
ok thanks to both of you for the comments at the moment vert antenna been used but 2 elm/delta loop up shortly.regards mike-30ct555
tvmnet New Member
Call Sign : 26CT2643 Posts : 1 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2020-02-15 QTH or Location : Northamptonshire Equipment Used : TS-2000x, FT847, AT6666, MD380, FT8900, FT1500
Subject: Re: earthing antennas Sat Feb 15, 2020 5:08 pm
If you go to a delta loop like you are hoping to you won't need an earth as its a balanced antenna. It should work great.
NR512 New Member
Call Sign : 26-CT-3364 Posts : 14 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2020-02-23 QTH or Location : Dorset Equipment Used : 446 handheld cb handheld
Subject: Re: earthing antennas Sun Feb 23, 2020 5:24 pm
Yesterday at 9:48 pm by K4RLMORG4N
Subject: earthing antennas 
