Tom Donaly wrote:
show me your experiments. You can ratiocinate your head
off and you still won't be any closer to the truth. Tell me how I
can spray water drops on my antenna and make a noise in my
receiver as each drop hits the antenna. Can you do it?

No, I think it is up to you to prove that each and every
raindrop that falls has exactly the same charge as
any antenna upon which it might fall. Which means that
you must prove that all antennas being rained upon have
identical unchanging charges. That is what would have to
be true for you to be correct. Sorry Tom, please peddle
your magical thinking to someone else. What do you think
about the 2000 ARRL Handbook quote?

"Precipitation static is an almost continuous hash-type noise
that often accompanies various kinds of precipitation, including
snowfall. Precipitation static is caused by rain drops, snowflakes
or even wind-blown dust, transferring a small electrical charge
on contact with an antenna."

The physics of charged particles has been understood for
a century or so. I am not going to waste my time proving
those known and accepted facts of physics. It is up to you
and W8JI to prove a century of physics knowledge to be
wrong. Good luck on proving that all static is caused by
corona discharge even in the absence of the necessary
ionization that defines the word "corona".
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73, Cecil, http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp