BoatBanter.com - View Single Post - your HF antenna ... insulated backstay, other ?

Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg-
:

Anyone of the OLD Radiomen,
who actually learned their skills back in the Manual Tuner era of
Marine Electronics, will tell you, that a Good RF Ground is the place to
start.

Remember when the ground came off the tuner and you got your fingers burned
as it came into resonance?....(c;