[Elecraft] KAT-500 and 30' Flag Pole Antenna Users?

[Jim Brown]

On 8/7/2013 11:10 AM, ke6gda at gmail.com wrote:
> I was thinking of picking up one of these antennas as well. The only problem is my shack is approximately 10 feet from the only place where I could put a flag pole antenna. If I’m running barefoot, will this antenna be too close to the shack and start causing me problems?

It depends on whether equipment in your shack has "Pin One Problems." 
Sadly, most equipment does, so you may end up using lots of ferrite 
chokes to kill RF feedback and the noise generated by equipment in your 
shack, and replacing switching power supplies with linear ones to kill 
the noise that they generate.

To understand these issues, study http://k9yc.com/RFI-Ham.pdf  and to 
learn how antennas work, study the chapters in the ARRL Handbook on 
Antennas and Transmission Lines.

73, Jim K9YC