Doug Dotson wrote:
I believe the question was about connecting the radio as well as
the tuner to the counterpoise. The answer is ... yes! As simple as
that.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista

"Jack Painter" wrote in message
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"Steve (another one)" wrote in message
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I have an icom M700 with an AT-120 antenna tuner.
I understand the importance of good grounding for the AT-120, but do I
need to be as paranoid about grounding the M700 itself ?

Thanks


Steve, here is a good description of the best way to achieve galvanic
isolation of RF ground. The transmitter may use coupling to achieve RF
ground, but if that turns out to harm performance there are options as
discussed in this report:

http://www.sailmail.com/grounds.htm

Best,

Jack Painter
Virginia Beach, VA





Thanks for this, sorry if I wasn't clear.

The boat is steel so a short copper strap from the tuner to the hull is
easy. However, it's harder to do the same to the M700 neatly. Everybody
stresses the impoprtance of a wide strap to the tuner but rarely mention
the radio itself, those that do say it is 'good practice' to connect it
to the same ground. I was wondering if I could get away with a lighter
wire or thin self-adhesive copper tape for this.

Steve