Tom Donaly wrote:
Cecil, if you're too chicken to do the experiment, just say so,
I'll understand.

I did the experiment and posted how to do it.
Here it is again: Bring one end of a dipole down close
to the system ground rod. Charge up a capacitor to 12v.
Discharge the cap between the end of the dipole and
the ground rod. That pop you hear is NOT corona.
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73, Cecil, http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp