Keep in mind an arrestor rated at 2 kw would not work well when runningnpower
levels at say 3 kw. Or a 3 kw arrestor would not work well if power level was
no more than 100 watts. Size matter. And correct me if Im wrong.
Ron
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> On Dec 16, 2025, at 7:06 PM, Jack Brindle via TowerTalk
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Yes, it definitely helps with rain static. If W8JI actually stated that
> grounding the elements doesn’t help, he was wrong.
> It is important to bring both sides to ground, and together, usually through
> a large value resistor or RF Choke that will handle the power. Tieing both
> sides of a dipole through this to ground provides a path to bleed off the
> static charge, thus eliminating rain static (and snow static, etc). As Wes
> stated, adding a fairly large resistor across the dipole insulator really
> helps. Then timing that to ground through the arrestor finished the job.
>
> 73,
> Jack, W6FB
>
>
>> On Dec 16, 2025, at 5:48 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>> Does the Morgan coaxal arrestor help with precipitation static or just the
>> arc noise? Rain static can be brutal when contesting. I thought mine might
>> be related to using OWA designs with insulated elements but W8JI has stated
>> that grounded elements make little difference.
>>
>> John KK9A
>>
>> Ron WV4P wrote;
>>
>> My fullsize 4el 40 with cool dry air wil arc several inches from coax tip
>> to ground from static. With the Morgan M303 inline... Nothing. This was
>> also very apparent on the SDR (Flex) screen from what looked like lightning
>> static crashes to.. Nothing. In that respect, they did exactly what they
>> claimed.
>>
>> Ron, WV4P
>>
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