At 07:41 AM 1/22/01 -0500, Tom Rauch wrote:
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>Precipitation static is caused by corona discharges from the
>antenna or from other structures near the antenna. Corona is a
>function of voltage gradient between the antenna and charged
>clouds or "stuff" floating in the air....
>and perhaps covering the antenna with a dielectric at
>points where corona is forming will often help.
Interesting! Should I infer from this that it would probably be good
practice to form the ends of wire dipoles into smoothly curved loops and
perhaps also used insulated wire, in the interest of lower precip static?
73, Pete N4ZR
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