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Originally Posted by NN5I
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.
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I'm not disputing that, the ground is lossy but a good earth ground does help eliminate stray RF floating around your shack. A single point ground to me is well worth the effort.