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Originally Posted by N3LYT
Quite true Carl not all antennas require grounding but all require a return path. http://www.arrl.org/grounding #2 in the article is what I'm referring to as far as a station ground.
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The
article you point to is a little bit wrong, but
you are right. Some antennas need a return, but in no case does that return
need to be to the soil of the planet. The soil of the planet is a rather lossy return, usually, and almost any other kind of return "ground" is better.