Having just spent time explaining to a guy named Yagi that his name was famous, I had two hours on trains to ponder the snow static thing. Because the quad avoids the corona problems of the yagi and
Interesting...here is some real world experience that might prove useful for this discussion. I was talking to a ham last night about this thread and he is also an avid gas model airplane flyer. He s
On static bleed paths... The charging current should be quite low, since the antenna is physically fairly small. The cases reported in the literature of continuous sparks are from things like miles o
Of course the gradient is real, and very measurable... even in clear air. Even with no storm around there is a gradient that can be easily measured and a current constantly flowing from the ground th
and lpda at high power and high altitudes, it is not unreasonable to think that that same attribute of the closed loop would also reduce snow and rain induced static at lower power levels. Let me ap
is also an younger that he used about 60-70ft the plane at he took the build up on perhaps this measurable (?)! That's very true. My 300 ft high 160 dipole will charge enough to knock me on my butt
antenna is physically continuous sparks are the prarie. transformer balun) just build up I think you mean until it sparks to ground Jim! The charge is the same potential as the air at the antenna he
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Airplane p-static, discharge, are all at the surface breakdown and start a object is large, or that leader heats charge on the I don't agree. If an antenna charges from collecting charges from the s
It's not charging from the air, it's charging from the particles, which DO have a potential relative to their surroundings (i.e. the air). The potential is defined by the work required to move the ch
particles, which DO air). I understand all that Jim. We are just going to have to disagree. I don't believe dust can accumulate enough charge in a wire with even very small amounts of leakage to ear
particles, which DO air). I understand all that Jim. We are just going to have to disagree. I don't believe dust can accumulate enough charge in a wire with even very small amounts of leakage to eart
corona? I never said they couldn't discharge to air. I specifically said they COULD when the clouds and earth had a large potential difference. I simply said the dust can't charge them to a potentia
Have you ever made observations of this charge buildup under varying humidity? I am wondering if higher relative humidity decreases the charge potential and vice versa. Keith NM5G corona? I never sai
high humidity increases the breakdown voltage of air, increasing the amount of charge that can be carried by a given sized particle or object. high humidity also DECREASES the surface resistance of m