Antenna + Ground 

I had the Lafayette just like that. That's how I got started with ham radio.

Excellent. You have answered a question that I have wondered about. I have a Tecsun 880. Now I will incorporate a ground. Thank You Very Much.

Old radios used to have one plug for the aerial antenna and another plug for the ground antenna

I have the PL330, PL600 and PL660. I have never added a ground before but definitely will add a ground rod and test it out now. Thank you!

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Nice demo. Thanks for sharing. I have used my Sony ICF-SW7600 in a similar fashion with an external antenna and ground, with good results. Another thing worth trying would be to use a 9:1 impedance matching transformer like the Nooelec Balun One Nine. Although the radio itself wouldn't be grounded, the matching transformer would enable the antenna to "work against" the ground to induce a stronger signal into the antenna winding of the matching transformer, and then provide a good signal into the receiver winding of the transformer. This could potentially be helpful in reducing local noise. Again, thanks for the video.

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I'm glad it worked for you!

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Fascinating!

My Hustler 6-BTV is not a particularly good receiving antenna, though it is a MONSTER of a transmitting antenna. That having been said, I can tune my HF rig down into the broadcast band and CLEARLY receive an AM station 120 miles away with it that I cannot receive at all with one hundred feet of wire AND an eight foot ground rod on my old Hallicrafters S-40B. I have 32 radials that are each 16 feet in length buried an inch to an inch and a half in a circle around the radiating element, so my radial field is four wavelengths on the lowest frequency I generally use, which is the forty meter band. All that to say, instead of just using an eight foot ground rod or a cold water pipe, and IF you have the real estate for it, a good radial field below your receiver could help tremendously with your reception. Great video, and you make a great point. The extendable element is only HALF the antenna. Reception will always be improved by incorporating a grounded element. Thanks so much for sharing this video! K5SFC

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I've got a Tecsun PL-880 too, as well as several other SW receivers. Looks like it's soldering time!

Wow, what a huge difference with ANT and GND, who knew?

That is very interesting. Have you attempted using this technique with MW and SW reception? I am going to give this shot.

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From Amazon $12.99. I use this for my Tecsun 880 and it's perfect and has a second connection for a ground wire. AEcreative 3.5mm Quick Connect solderless Antenna Plug for shortwave Radio Receiver Eton Grundig Tecsun Sangean Degen. Ground FYI: Years ago I needed a ground for something. I took a 3 prong plug but only wired the Ground prong. This way i can get a ground by plugging it into a 3 wire electrical outlet and just use the ground part of it. Yes, there likely is some "noise" pick up from doing it this way, but it is a valid ground connection, if you have no other convenient way to get one.

Very interesting, I’ll have to try a ground wire myself and see what the difference is. I know blog or die from Gilles SWListening youtube channel, see your name pop up often on the chat. Looks like you have a pretty good channel here yourself so I subscribed and liked 😊

Ground wave/air wave. In radio 101 classes..the radio wave travels under earth. And we have taken advantage of sutch.

Thanks for pointing that out/ what is the hidden feature for ground on the 33n? Using headphone sleeve for gnd?

I've wondered the same thing. It would be Interesting to build a simple ground tuning unit (series variable LC circuit) to see how that affects the receive performance. I have one half built for mobile ham radio operation, I need to finish it off. Y

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I have very high ground conductivity where I live so I can just couple a ferrite bar by setting the radio close to the ground for 1000kHz and below.

I would have tried connecting the red wire to ground to see what would happen, Great video I love longwave, dx and Tecsun radios.

Hurray! You have long wave after all! Actually 48 miles is pretty impressive. I sit less than one quarter the distance to DCA (Washington Natl AP ) and DA (Davison Airfield) and I don't think I would get them 20 miles out.

The ground antenna effect is noticeable in AM

Thanks for the video! I am still learning about sw listening with my tecsun pl 330, I am at the "throw a wire in a tree" phase. Can you explain how that ground you are showing is built? Is it just "another wire" from the main wire to the ground, are there specific points to attach it?

I've always felt that the "ground" connection was a good idea, but as you say, most of today's radios don't make it "Easy" to do it! Maybe someone on E-bay will start selling an adapter that plugs into your portable receiver and makes it easier to "ground" your set!

Does this only work on stations received via groundwave or did you notice an improvement on skywave signals as well?

hi, will it make an even better difference if the ground wire was even longer?, I see you made the ground join the wire antenna , is it possible to leave those two wires in different directions, and add a ground clipped at the base of the 2 antenna wires close to the radio with a clipp?

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Could you please do a video on your external antenna setup showing the antenna and ground. Athough there is virtually nothing worthwhile left to listen to, I still occasionally get the urge to scan like the old days. I've never had an external antenna because I don't know what needs to be done to avoid lightning strikes.

The antenna line and the ground line are connected together to the radio external jack?

Ground will make a difference on L.F. But not much as you go higher.

...and this, of course, should not have been any source of surprise. I can't imagine why you haven't opened the backs of your receivers to add a ground binding post. After all... all radio is referenced to earth ground. Or are you really just a casual listener?

you sound quite well versed on radio so apologies if you already no this : these are called NDB's Non directional beacons, they broadcast a lot on LW, at night time you should pick up some between the end of th LW band and the start of the MW band they are used to keep ships and planes in position so they dont vere of course..they all broadcast a morse code an you can pinpoint where they are located by looking on the web and entering the 3 letter code.

My 53 Trans-Oceanic is still good for short wave! Get off China radios!!!

Does the ground wire connect directly to one antenna wire within the insulation or does the antenna wire have two parts that need to be separated like coax and the ground connected to one of the two?