[TowerTalk] more - Precip static

[Gareth Crispell]

People did that thing with the coat hangers because it was a fast
and cheap way to fix your broken antenna so you could quickly drive
Mary Jane to the levy in your 57 chevy!

David Robbins wrote:
> 
> is that why so many people used to replace car whips with coat
> hangers?  did the 'quad' design of the coat hanger work better?
> or am i starting to mix up my threads again????
> 

> >
> >        Another example is your car radio antenna. It is a round-ish shape on
> > the top to reduce the static buildup that would otherwise make the radio
> > unlistenable. If the top of the antenna was spikey, wind generated static at
> > 60 MPH would be horrendous.
> >
> > Cheers,  Steve   K7LXC

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 Gareth

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