[Antennas] How important is the ground?

[paul at w8aef.com]

> SNIP

>   I learned the hard way what an RF ground means.  Have you ever been
> "burned" by RF from touching the case of a transmitter that did not have a
> "low impedance" ground?

I used to get RF burns all the time before I switched to effective antennas.

de Paul, W8AEF