In article mYIuc.10643$ig5.6123@edtnps89,
"Gordon Wedman" wrote:

Well as I mentioned previously, Icom's printed literature on
antenna/transciever installation recommends grounding the transmitter to the
same ground ("boat ground") as the tuner using foil. Of course the Icom
tech that I contacted about this said not to ground the radio so everyone is
confused about this..................

The only people who seem to be confused are those folks who don't have
much experience in MF/HF Marine Radio Antenna System installation and
design. those of us who have been doing this work for more than 30
years have had this figured out for 28 of them. I know one of the Lead
Engineers @ Icom America in Seattle, and he is a great engineer, but has
very little Field Experience in Antenna System Design. When he used to
work for SEA, he was really good at the design of the CPU's that control
the radio's, but it was the SEA Chief Engineer that had 40 years in the
design of antennas for Maritime Radio uses. Marine Antenna design is
fast becoming a Lost Art.

Bruce in alaska
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