"WB2JKX" wrote in message
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Chuck wrote in message ...
Woudn't the bird consitute but a tiny capacitance to ground and thus not
experience an RF burn of consequence?



After all, birds sit on high voltage distribution lines with no ill
effects.
At some point, I guess, corona leakage becomes a factor. You don't see
them
sitting on the 100kv+ stuff.


A more valid comparision is how much of a wavelength does the bird's two
feet shunt on the antenna wire? I'd suspect the problem would increase with
frequency; becoming very painful in the VHF regions.

Peter