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1. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: w8ji.tom@MCIONE.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 11:14:08 +0000; To: <towertalk@contesting.com> That isn't surprising. The yagi has points with high gradients (the tips) sticking out into the air, while the quad likely has a long flat sides all pulled in close to; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00016.html (8,880 bytes)
2. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: k4sb@mindspring.com (K4SB); Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 19:25:16 -0700; Tom had a good idea he gave you on adding small balls to the tips of the elements...I have an old Telex design here for 10 meters, and it has small corona balls on each tip.... Another idea, although; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00024.html (8,331 bytes)
3. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: w2up@itw.com (Barry Kutner); Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 20:45:22 +0000; Here's a question for the group: My Cushcraft 402CD is above my top TH7. It does not protect the top TH7 from precip static, but my lower TH7 is very quiet when the upper is very noisy. Wouldn't one; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00027.html (9,085 bytes)
4. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: rudder1@ibm.net (Malcolm Clark); Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 17:12:26 +0000; Wait a minute, aren't you're advocating two opposites to accomplish the same thing--round smooth balls and sharp pointed tips. I'll go with the sharp and pointed. Eyeball protection is the only vali; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00029.html (9,086 bytes)
5. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: k4sb@mindspring.com (K4SB); Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 22:27:13 -0700; It sure also be kept in mind that the quad was first invented because the yagi in use was at such a high altitude, that the voltage present on the ends virtually melted them. And anyone who thinks a; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00033.html (9,684 bytes)
6. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: k1ttt@berkshire.net (David Robbins); Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 00:08:58 +0000; they are two different things. the sharp points will enourage corona at lower field strengths and create the 'charge cloud' that reduces the field below it. the questions with these are: is any coron; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00035.html (9,921 bytes)
7. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: rudder1@ibm.net (Malcolm Clark); Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 20:17:39 +0000; [snip] Actually I've seen lot's of them. The individual fibers really are individual sharp points when compared to the airframe. The idea is to provide these points so that the static charge can blee; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00036.html (9,066 bytes)
8. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: CQK8DO@aol.com (CQ K8DO); Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 08:57:29 EDT; << Another idea, although I have no idea where you might find them are "static wicks" >> "Aircraft Spruce" @ 1-800-831-2949 Denny PS: Join the EAA -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfa; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00061.html (9,192 bytes)
9. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: grimm@lynchburg.net (Kenneth D. Grimm); Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 11:33:56 -0400; As I feared when I first raised the issue of "precip static," the Quad vs. Yagi debate has started once again. I appreciate Toms posting on the subject and agree with his assessment. When Clarence Mo; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00066.html (12,002 bytes)
10. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: n8ug@juno.com (n8ug@juno.com); Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 15:01:25 -0500; Those "spikey things" keep cropping up, with an occasional reference to us, so we can't pass up the opportunity to toot the horn once again about the "Porcupine" static dissipator which we have sold; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00073.html (11,605 bytes)
11. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: dick@libelle.com (Dick Flanagan); Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 13:47:57 -0700; Ummmmm.... What those "thousands of lightning rods on rural buildings everywhere, quietly doing their thing" are designed to do is ATTRACT lightning so it can be safely shunted to ground via the heav; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00074.html (9,944 bytes)
12. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: n8ug@juno.com (n8ug@juno.com); Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 19:33:07 -0500; I respectfully disagree, Dick - the sharp point helps dissipate and lower the risk of a strike. Blunt points grounded with VERY heavy conductors like seen on power comany switch/breaker stations are; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00076.html (11,011 bytes)
13. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: k1ttt@berkshire.net (David Robbins); Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 19:51:11 +0000; a rounded object above the antenna would most likely do nothing at all. the smooth object would not induce any extra corona that would create the charge cloud that would reduce the field strength bel; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00100.html (10,396 bytes)
14. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: w8ji.tom@MCIONE.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 08:46:53 +0000; To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Hi Dave, The mast does reduce the field gradient below and around the mast without the need for an "ionized cloud". There are two ways to reduce field gradient. One is; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00123.html (10,639 bytes)
15. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC); Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 11:36:32 EDT; << You can find practical examples all over the world that support what I say. One is on high tension lines, where a round very smooth ring or ball is used to reduce corona from bolts and other hardw; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00129.html (9,401 bytes)
16. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: k1ttt@berkshire.net (David Robbins); Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 00:00:08 +0000; is that why so many people used to replace car whips with coat hangers? did the 'quad' design of the coat hanger work better? or am i starting to mix up my threads again???? -- David Robbins K1TTT (e; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00150.html (10,402 bytes)
17. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: k1ttt@berkshire.net (David Robbins); Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 00:03:23 +0000; i'll agree with this, but more later. true, but exactly what is the spectrum of this noise. if you know of a good reference or paper on this i would like to get it. the key words are 'the same genera; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00151.html (13,630 bytes)
18. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: gareth@capecod.net (Gareth Crispell); Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 21:32:53 -0400; People did that thing with the coat hangers because it was a fast and cheap way to fix your broken antenna so you could quickly drive Mary Jane to the levy in your 57 chevy! -- .....at the dawn of th; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00156.html (10,284 bytes)
19. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 09:28:38 -0700; But they didn't stay on, and when they fell off, that was the Day the Music Died! Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administra; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00161.html (8,960 bytes)
20. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1): Author: bragassa@hal-pc.org (K5UO); Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 06:14:23 -0500; You have the wrong Usenet News Group. You want: Alt.wonderful.carwashes.antennas.mirrors ! (HI !) 73 de Mike K5UO -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@con; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00166.html (8,647 bytes)

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