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List:       elecraft
Subject:    Re: [Elecraft] K3S Proper Grounding
From:       Jim Brown <jim () audiosystemsgroup ! com>
Date:       2015-09-30 23:11:47
Message-ID: 560C6C33.1050804 () audiosystemsgroup ! com
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On Wed,9/30/2015 12:51 PM, Jerry Moore wrote:
> What I don't understand is my previous radio didn't affect the TV as 
> far as I know (xyl never complained) so it has me perplexed because 
> the radio shouldn't matter. 

Right. But there may be some difference in where the transmitter's 
chassis was connected.  When there's common mode current on a feedline, 
that connection becomes part of the antenna.

> As far as the buckmaster ocf, it uses a current transformer 
> (auto-transformer )to balance the antenna and match the impedance.

Don't believe everything you read!  OCF antennas are notorious for 
putting common mode current on the feedline.  Study

http://k9yc.com/CoaxChokesPPT.pdf  and
http://k9yc.com/RFI-Ham.pdf

73, Jim K9YC
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