[UK-CONTEST] Precipitation Static

[Mike Harris]

G'day,

I've read that if you have a stacked array then the top antenna seems to 
suffer most from precipitation static.

Regards,

Mike VP8NO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Tran GM3WOJ" <zl1ct1 at gm7v.com>
To: "'UK Contest Reflector'" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Precipitation Static


| Hi John/Pete et al
|
| I have limited experience of precipitation static with VHF antennas, but 
it
| has been a problem in the past here with HF yagis.
|
| My 20m yagi with a hairpin match i.e. the driven element split and each 
half
| insulated, but with the outer end of the hairpin earthed via the boom, 
was
| much worse for rain static than my 20m yagi with the gamma match (in the
| same static rain-storm) - the gamma-matched yagi seemed hardly affected 
by
| the rain.
|
| 73
| Chris
| A5258 (GM3WOJ)