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June 14th 06, 01:48 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

wrote:
Of course I agree when someone shorts the RF input connector of their
radio the noise will decrease!

W8JI previously wrote:
So when you provide a DC path that does not short the antenna at radio
frequencies, it does nothing.

In AZ, I provided a DC path (choke) that eliminated arcing
and allowed me to make contacts. The elimination of arcing
obviously improved my signal to noise ratio.

You have stopped asserting that folding doesn't make for
a quieter antenna system. Do you now understand why a
folded dipole is less noisy than a non-folded dipole in
a charged particle environment?

Do you understand that the probable cause for high
antennas having more particle noise is that the higher
you go, the faster the wind blows?
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp