VA2UTC Grounded so To Speak

Well the basics are done RF Isolator and grounding rod are now in place the tuner and radio themselves are now grounded with single strand 14 AWG line to the rod.

Some interesting observations.  One the tuner had to be reset, inductance transmit and antenna all needed to be reset.  There is some slight RF in the headphones, then again they are not high end and that could be the reason for the RF but, it does seem to be that the RF monster has been reduced to nil or not at all as the radio does not light up like a Christmas tree or present RF on the knobs or face as well as the Chassis of the radio.  I can actually run full power with the radio but, prefer to keep it below 100 watts.

The other tools I would like to add include a noise reducer, auto tuner and a keyer.  The noise reducer only gets added after a new laptop gets bought.  If the noise from it is low or nil then the noise reducer would be left out.  The others are definite upgrades to be added.

CQWW is next weekend and I will be doing a split op for this test.  Part of it will be a single op using VA2UTC and on the other side of the coin I will be working as part of a Multi-Op with VE2NGH.  See you in CQWW.

73 Cliff VA2UTC