Subj : Re: Antenna To : MIKE ROSS From : TOM WALKER Date : Tue Jul 05 2005 07:55 am MR>Tom, *all* unbalanced antennas require a ground to work properly. MR>Without a ground the receiver loses a lot of signal because the MR>impedance is too high. The only ground that exists then is whatever MR>impedance there is into the AC powerline and the antenna emf is lost. MR>Worse yet the AC powerline is full of noise and now in series with the MR>lower impedance of the antenna which recycles it back to the radio. They why do Battery Radios work so well? --- þ SLMR 2.1a þ This note from El Cajon California USA * Origin: Try Our Web Based QWK: DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140) .