From: "jon jones" <n0jk@hotmail.com>
>I sometimes get a static shock from the 1/4 wave
> wire vertical on dry cold nights.
I'm contemplating a balloon-supported vertical where the base will be ~1/4 wave
above ground. I plan to use two symmetrical 1/4-wave horizontal radials. The
vertical element will be supported above them. The convenience of being able to
feed this antenna directly with coax is attractive, but how to discharge static
build-up? An amp has an rf choke across the output terminal, but that's usually
out of the circuit on receive. Is one of those old pi-wound 2.5 mH 750-mA
chokes, connected across the feed point, sufficient?
73,
Jim, KR1S
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