he OP mentioned that the static comes and goes with approaching and
receeding rain fronts... Likely he has a significant component of
coronal discharge... He may PERHAPS reduce the induced noise a bit
with ball on the top of the vertical, a copper float from the toilet
works well, or even a nice capacity hat... NOw this is a topic that
has been roundly beaten within an inch of it's life on other forums,
but perhasps we are bored enough here to go all through it again
groan

denny / k8do