Topband: Static build-up on non-grounded antennas

[Ken Brown]

> if you are using an amplifier (which most of us are) it should present a DC short to the antenna thru the coax, as tube amplifiers already have an RF-choke across it's output.
With many T/R switching arrangements amplifier choke to ground is only 
connected to antenna during transmit, and only on the antenna that is 
used for transmit. Static noise is only bothersome during receive.

DE N6KB