[RTTY] A good weekend for bad propagation

[Hank Garretson]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Jim Harris <jim.w0em at yahoo.com> wrote:

Over the last 10 plus years ICOM has had problems with similar failures due
> to static electricity in the antenna system.  Wind, rain, snow or anything
> that causes the antenna system to build up static electricity can cause the
> loss of power out and in an instance of time at that.  Don't know if that
> caused your problem or if it applies to their newer models but I had to
> have one radio repaired 3-4 times in as many years.  I learned to put all
> antenna switches to ground even if going "down the hall" for a minute.



A 1 megohm resistor between coax center wire and shield solves this problem.

Ski Exuberantly,

Hank, W6SX

Mammoth Lakes, California

Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light