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Old June 25th 12, 05:27 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default loop antennas and noise suppresion

Szczepan Bialek wrote:

"Ian" napisa? w wiadomo?ci
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All time the electrons flow to or from the ground.


Hello Szczepan.

No, the earth doesn't act as a surface of a capacitor. Capacitors will
self-discharge even when they aren't connected to any circuit.


My answer was to Sal. He wrote: "(Last year, I used a 20m dipole at 30
feet, operating out of my van.
Everything floated above ground without incident and many QSOs.)"

The floor of the van is the plate and the surface of the Earth is the second
plate.
S*


Nonsense; you are an idiot.