Coronal discharge of the antenna tip or failure to provide a dc path from
the antenna "hot" to "cold".

Earth ground or water ground does very little for a VHF radio. The whole rig
can "float" and work great.

RB, CB handle: Jabba


"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...
Scott Vernon wrote:

While listening to Uncle NOAA the other night, my radio started cutting
out,
intermittently. Reaching for the radio, as I touched the mike cord the
radio
worked fine. When I let go, static. then the next morning, it seemed to
work just fine. Someone suggested a bad ant. gound (?). What do you
think?

Scotty

I'd suspect a bad ground somewhere, remove and clean all connections,
replace
same and tighten well. Are you using any of those automotive type crimp
on
connectors?

Cheers
Marty