gravity wrote:
if the corona discharge theory is held by 90% of physicists and engineers,
then anyone with a charged particle theory (a minority viewpoint) must do
experimental verification or formulate a theoretical model.

100% of physicists and engineers hold the corona discharge
theory. 0.1% of posters to r.r.a.a seem to hold that corona
discharge is the only force at work in the entire universe
and caused the big bang. :-)

99.9% of competent physicists and competent
engineers know that corona is not the only cause of RF
noise. Unfortunately, r.r.a.a. has more than its fair share
of people who deny the past 100 years of scientific experimentation
and research into atmospheric physics and stick with their Corona
God religion.

Other assertions by that same new-world anti-conventional
wisdom crowd:

Reflected waves contain zero energy and are not the cause
of standing waves.

Standing-wave energy just sloshes from side to side in a
transmission line.

The distributed network model is gobbledygook.

Lumped-circuit analysis never fails.

There is zero delay through a real-world 75m bugcatcher coil.

Charged particle RF noise doesn't exist.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp