Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24973 invoked from network); 20 Jun 2001 07:19:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 20 Jun 2001 07:19:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 17426 invoked from network); 20 Jun 2001 07:18:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior with SMTP; 20 Jun 2001 07:18:05 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 15Cc8b-0003ny-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2001 08:10:53 +0100 Received: from rhenium.btinternet.com ([194.73.73.93] helo=rhenium) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 15Cc8X-0003nO-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2001 08:10:49 +0100 Received: from [213.1.158.5] (helo=dave) by rhenium with smtp (Exim 3.22 #9) id 15Cc7s-0007Im-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2001 08:10:09 +0100 Message-ID: <001b01c0f958$1fba1160$059e01d5@dave> From: "Dave Sergeant" To: "rsgb_lf_group" References: <000201c0f8e3$74c7f520$736401d5@default> Subject: LF: Re: Static effects Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 08:09:04 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: >From Dave G3YMC If you feed your antenna, as many do, via a matching transformer (3C85 core) then the antenna and the line to the tx/rx will be automatically grounded. Another advantage of this method of feeding antennas. My receive converter also has link coupling at its input. Cheers Dave dsergeant@iee.org dsergeant@connectfree.co.uk http://www.dsergeant.btinternet.co.uk