Tom Ring wrote:

Cecil Moore wrote:

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".


It especially shows up in the 300 inches a year lake effect snowfalls in
northern NY. You can hear it on 6 and 2 quite well. These were DC
grounded yagi antennas on all elements, so no corona available here,
thank you.

Also, K1RQG, who is net control of the EMENet on 14345 Sat and Sun
mornings, had it so bad from rain last weekend that he couldn't copy
most of the participants for a few minutes. And in a heavy rainstorm, I
have doubts that it had much to do with corona.

tom
K0TAR

Grounding might make it worse. Can you see why?
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH