Topband: choke/bleeder resistor on RXvertical?

[Tree]

At least for the Hi-Z verticals - you can measure a DC voltage when they
are active on the antenna against ground.  You would not want to short that
to ground with a choke!!

By having a voltage there - I think you can assume any static DC charges
will be quickly dealt with.  Essentially a resistor to ground is already
there.

Tree N6TR

On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 10:30 AM Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck at gmail.com> wrote:

> The choke bleeds off static charges that accumulate on the vertical. While
> I have witnessed noise from huge static charging to a 32 foot vertical
> mounted on the roof of the engineering building at Texas Tech in West
> Texas, the choke does not bleed off “noise”. Noise is radio frequency
> emissions from noise sources which can be local or distant.
>
> Chuck W5PR
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 12:19 PM Jamie WW3S <ww3s at zoominternet.net> wrote:
>
> > Since verticals are know to be "noisy" on receive, and a fix is a rf
> choke
> > or bleeder resistor to ground, anyone try that on short verticals used
> for
> > receive only to quiet some noise?
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