[AMPS] High Voltage at Antenna Ends

[Chuck Counselman]

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.

73 de Chuck W1HIS



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