Pete Smith wrote:
>
> This morning, there was a steady spring rain outside when I turned on the
> radio, and as a result I had rain static
I agree with Rolf that insulated wire will help with static build up on
wire antennas. I seem to remember that we found that out with the
rhombic at K2USA. I definately also remember that when you use insulated
wite, the resonant freq can be as much as 5% lower according to the type
of insulation. I did not believe this was possible, but proved it to
myself (and N5RP) when we built a triband quad for field day using
insulated wire and it was resonant below all three bands!
Chuck, KE5FI
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