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Re: How with no RF ground



Bob, wrote....

snip....

> I took the plate off the wall in my bathroom to look at the
> wiring when I noticed that the ground cable had broke away from
> the wall socket long ago. So in my testing, I actually never 
> had an RF ground at all! I do not understand how I could have
> gotten the output I did without this ground.

Quoting Malcolm Watts <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>:

> I've done it too at low power. I think the ungrounded wiring is 
> acting like a counterpoise (capacitive coupling to earth). But
> perhaps someone else could set me straight on this. I wouldn't
> attempt this at higher power. Sooner or later the wiring will 
> break out. You could end up with a fire.

I forgot capacitive coupling, which requires a bit of surface
area to dissipate the energy. My experiments point more towards 
the possibility of wiring break out and the resulting fire
hazard, even at low/moderate power levels.

Richard Quick


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