On Jul 30, 10:04 am, Danny Richardson wrote:


Not true. Feeding an antenna with coax does not remove the need for a
station ground and here's why:

http://k6mhe.com/sub/BlancedFeedLine.pdf

Danny,K6MHE

The coax has nothing to do with it. Whether or not the antenna is
complete will be a much more deciding factor.
But still, I see nothing in the pdf that would imply a ground
is needed for feeding such an antenna, coax fed or not.
Only decoupling of the feedline is needed. Not a shack ground.
Why would one "need" a station ground in that case, assuming
the feedline is decoupled?
How would adding a station ground improve operation of a "complete"
antenna that was not well decoupled?
Myself, I would consider that a "bandaid" approach to the common
mode problem. A ground can hide problems in some cases, but
it never actually fixes anything. Common mode problems should
never be "cured" by station "RF" grounding.
MK