[TowerTalk] rain static

Tom Rauch w8ji at contesting.com
Fri Sep 2 22:36:08 EDT 2005


> Would be curious as to the heights of the antennas and are
they all on one
> tower? What I have found in a few different configurations
of monobanders
> and tribanders was that the lower antenna on the same
tower was typically
> quieter with precipitation static than the upper antenna.
> N2TK, Tony

Everyone with similar antennas at differing heights finds
that Tony.

That's because it is a corona issue.

The static charging only causes tick's when something arcs,
and we know what problems ticks can cause and cows can cure.
:-)

73 Tom



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