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Subject: [AMPS] High Voltage at Antenna Ends
From: 2@vc.net (measures)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 13:27:10 -0700
>
>At 12:18 PM -0400 2000/9/11, Colin Lamb wrote:
>>    One way to prevent high voltage at the ends of an  antenna is to
>>reduce the Q.  The easiest way to do this is to use a lossy wire for the
>>antenna....
>
>I tried this but the antenna still kept falling down in severe ice storms.
>Then I thought of burying the wire in the ground.  This not only provides
>the desired loss, but my antenna has also not fallen down in nearly 50
>years of severe New England winters.  The only drawbacks I've noticed are
>that (1) the snow melts above the antenna when I use my high-power amp; and
>(2) in summer the grass has to be watered and mowed more often.  However,
>these drawbacks are more than counterbalanced by the reduction in TVI, BCI,
>and RFI.
>
not bad, not bad. 

One night on 160m, our group heard a weak breaker.  After several tries 
we got his name and callsign.  He said he was using a special broadband 
antenna design.   It was made out stainless steel wire.  (stainless steel 
is similar to resistance-wire alloys. )

cheers, Chuck

-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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