[UK-CONTEST] Precipitation Static

[dave at g4buo.com]

That's been my experience Mike

If you want to be free from rain static, use quads instead of yagis.
Probably more applicable to HF, whereas the original query was at VHF.

Dave G4BUO

> 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)
>
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