should my meter be grounded?

[ma deuce]

i have rf grounds from my radio and amp going to frame, does my meter also need an rf ground? from radio there is a 9 ft jumper to amp then a 9ft jumper to meter and my co phased jumper is pluged into the meter. my station seems to be working fine but more ground never hurts, what do u guys think ? thanks in advance :r&r:

[jessejamesdallas]

Not really. Most meters have plastic boxs anyway. I have never grounded a meter...One thing that I did do, that made a big difference on how the meter worked, was I installed a Drake Low Pass filter behind the main amp, because RF was messing with the SWR/Power Meter, causing it to give false SWR readings if the Amp was turned on.

I would have the SWR set like at 1.1, but when the amp was turned on, the meter would first read 1.1, but the longer I held down the Mic Key, I would notice the needle on the meter slowly moving up...After installing the filter, it has never done that again.

[Circuit Breaker]

I would say no. If you don't have any interference problems then I wouldn't worry about it.

[ma deuce]

thanks for the comeback guys, i was already thinking of buying a filter so thanks jjd :r&r: