[TowerTalk] Quad elements no rain static.

Jim Rhodes jimk0xu at gmail.com
Wed Dec 5 16:04:32 EST 2018


I have to wonder if it has anything to do with the feed point being at the
ends of the element in close proximity to one another.

Jim Rhodes
K0XU

On Wed, Dec 5, 2018, 04:48 Máximo EA1DDO_HK1H <ea1ddo at hotmail.com wrote:

> It is an interesting thing, because many Yagi have the dipole at DC
> ground, at the center support, part of the gamma-match system.
> I wonder if these Yagi suffer same rain noise.
> By the way, not every Quad uses Gamma feed. Most are balun and coax feed.
>
> 73, Maximo
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> I believe the reason why quads do not  exhibit rain or snow static is
> because the driven element is at DC ground.
>
> I feed mine with a tri gamma match
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