[TowerTalk] Yagi Rain Static Observation

[Tom Horton]

Bill,
 Gosh, mny line noise here is so bad, I was praying for rain
all week to help quieten it down....which it did(both)
somewhat.  I'm praying again this week......
73,
Tom K5IID






>Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 09:54:02 -0500 (EST)
>From: Bill Fisher - W4AN <w4an@contesting.com>
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>This weekend I had ample oportunity to make observations about rain 
>static.  In the past I have noted that the highest antenna on a tower is 
>the one plagued by rain static.  This is the case at my station as well 
>with one exception:
>
>I have a 20M 5 element yagi on a 48' boom on the NE side of the hill.  
>The antenna is at 60' and is at or below tree tops except to the north 
>and northeast.  I observed litte or no rain static on this antenna all 
>weekend.  Very weird.
>
>
>On a slightly different subject...  I had several instances of very close 
>lightning strikes this weekend.  It was interesting to watch the radios 
>after the strikes.  The S-meter would deflect to full scale and slowly 
>fall back to the left as the charge disapated.  
>
>73
>
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