par EF-SWL installation

[jim01028]

PAR EF SWL

I had a lot of noise with the jumper in place, so I separated them and grounded # 1 which helped reduce the noise. I then ran a separate ground to # 2 and it made a HUGE difference. Now I can listen to LW thru 30 mhz with NO noise at all even in the daytime. Jim

Thank you for your information. Boy, I feel dumb for attaching a wire from the 259 coax shield to terminal 1. So, if I'm understanding you right, because terminal 1 is 'attached' to the 259 lead I don't need to run a wire from the coax sheild terminal 1 and instead should run a wire from terminal 1 to my grounding rod (to which I am also leading a wire from terminal 2). In other words, I could run separate wires from terminals 1 and 2 to my grounding rod and keep terminal 3 just for attaching the antenna?

Given my total lack of electrical knowledge, I think that's about as far as I could go with this...your idea of the separate grounding blocks sounds like a great idea but I don't quite understand how you're doing it...I'm a visual person, so I do much better what I see photographs of how things are setup.

Suzie

 

[majoco]

Suzie - with your "total lack of electrical knowledge' (your admission), what made you do this....

Instead of the stock wire it came with, I'm using 500 feet of 12-guage shielded copper cable from Home Depot and am running around 200' of it in a kind of semi-U shaped loop around the back of my yard.

Shielded copper cable?