Cecil Moore wrote:


I had a severe clear-sky charged-particle problem in
the Arizona desert. My G5RV was arcing at my transceiver's
coax connector about once per minute. I wouldn't have been
able to hear any signals through the arcing noise.


Cecil,

I am a bit confused by your description. The arcing was once per minute.
Presumably the arc occurred over a very short time, much less than one
second. What was happening during the other 59 seconds of each minute?

I have no doubt that an arc would interfere with reception. What about
the remainder of the time?

73,
Gene