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Old December 20th 06, 01:57 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore Cecil Moore is offline
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Christopher Cox wrote:
Has anybody experienced this first hand? I was driving during a storm
listening to talk radio and could distinctly hear a static rush build up
from the radio 1 to 2 seconds before a lighting strike. The louder it
was, the closer the strike was going to be.


I have heard it to the point where the radio was desensed
just before the lightning strike. This happened with AM
radio in a fringe area.

A little off topic. I know this was not antenna static build up, but
found it interesting that you could listen to a charge building before a
discharge.


Here's some information on the subject. The electrons that
discharge into the earth during a thunderstorm return to
the atmosphere as fair weather current.

http://www.auf.asn.au/meteorology/section11.html
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com