Cecil Moore wrote:

:-) Sure you did even after I said it half a dozen times. :-)
You have talked about my transmission line laying on the
rug scorching it so you could not possibly have "missed it".

I did NOT. You must have confused me with someone else.

Would you agree that I would hear RF noise in the transceiver
every time the coax connector arced?

Absolutely.

Would you agree that if I shorted the center conductor to
ground that since the outer conductor was already grounded,
the RF noise in the transceiver would decrease?

Absolutely. So would the signals. S/N ratio would not change.