Steve West <...> said:

The best possible earth is a conductive spike buried in your garden with

a thick wire connected to the chassis of the rig.
Last time I ran a MW rig I tried the heating pipe and it didn't provide
a good earth, I think some of the modern heating systems are somehow
insulated from earth.

Thanks for the reply Steve, Yes i did know about the spike in the garden but i was trying to find a shortcut to doing it,

Would a connection to spike compared to the central heating make all that much difference to reception on this sort of receiver?

Richard