Exactly. This has been discussed at length here in the past. Here are a
couple of relevant threads:
lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Topband/2018-12/msg00192.html
lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Topband/2008-11/msg00162.html
These are all I could find, after extensive searching. The archives search
function here does not seem to work as well as in the past.
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
On Wed, Dec 19, 2018, 12:30 PM Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck@gmail.com> wrote:
> The choke bleeds off static charges that accumulate on the vertical. While
> I have witnessed noise from huge static charging to a 32 foot vertical
> mounted on the roof of the engineering building at Texas Tech in West
> Texas, the choke does not bleed off “noise”. Noise is radio frequency
> emissions from noise sources which can be local or distant.
>
> Chuck W5PR
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 12:19 PM Jamie WW3S <ww3s@zoominternet.net> wrote:
>
> > Since verticals are know to be "noisy" on receive, and a fix is a rf
> choke
> > or bleeder resistor to ground, anyone try that on short verticals used
> for
> > receive only to quiet some noise?
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