That diagram is correct in all ways. My concern lately was after thinking about this setup, not being able to run that ground wire because of the height. I’ve seen where the ground wire shouldn’t be so long as it will began to act as an antenna. But now I see I don’t need that wire at all.
That diagram looks doable when I stare into my yard. If the ground needs to be between the choke and the radio, I can come up with something to make that work. It’s a rental house, so I can’t do too much altering or tapping into electrical stuff and being in the military, I’ll be moving in 3 years too so this isn’t “permanent”.
I am down around New London, CT. Slightly Northeast in the country.
That would be nice, I have yet to hear any other station around me yet, but I have my ears out for it.
??? - You should be hearing plenty of other "1 land" and "2 land" hams if you listen at the right time, band, and mode (phone, digital, or CW if you're so inclined). Try 80M in the morning or evening. Or 40M nearly anytime in the daylight. Are you running any digital modes (FT4/8, PSK, JS8)? They are busy nearly all the time. If you're searching only for SSB phone the number of stations will be much more limited. Another bonus to running digital on FT8 / FT4 / JS8 is that you will be able develop very specific data regarding how your antenna is working on each band. Rather than a "59" report on every QSO such as you get with phone contacts, you'll have a specific RSSI from every station that hears you.
