Ken wrote:

I will be running 28 ga. magnet wire along (& around) a 350 ft. kite
line tied to a windborne kite -- for 160M work.

The other leg will be bare copper wire that runs 50 ft to the ocean.

I am not sure if this is a longwire antenna with counterpoise or a
tilted vertical with ground plane.

Anyhow, I have been told that the wind will cause static charge to
build on the magnet wire and that a path to ground must be provided.

1) Is this true?

2) If it is true, would the problem be solved with, say, a 1,000 ohm
resistor between the longwire and and sal****er ground leads at my
tuner?

Ken: In answer to 1 Yes. It will happen and there is nothing that can be
done about stopping it.

In answer to 2, that would work as one way to make the charge bleed to
ground. Another way to bleed the charge off to ground is to put a high
value inductor between the two wires. At RF frequencies it will like as
a high impedance. At DC it is almost a dead short.

Personally I think the inductor would be the better choice.

Al Butler ka0ies