Cecil Moore wrote:
art wrote:
Cecil if a static charge has a time varying field applied by gravity
would it have radiatiatonal
properties and if so would it not be vertically polarised?
Can't be true as it is not printed in a book !

Whoa there, Art. There seems to be confusion between
two topics. As far as I know, there is no obvious
difference between the precipitation static levels
on a horizontal Vs vertical antenna.

Cecil
I am just putting up something for thought

Apparently stacked antennas of the horizontal style can avoid a lot of
static noise
if they disconect the upper array. Could this possibly mean that the
horizontal array will not pick up a vertically phased noise in the near
region. I know nothing in this area but just offering something that
could be discussed.



That this
particular antenna is vertical is mostly irrelevant
to the alleged precipitation static problem. It could
just as easily be happening with a horizontal antenna.

The fact that the noise might be attributed to something
other than precipitation static might involve vertical
polarization but I don't think precipitation static has
much to do with polarization. A wind-driven charged
particle is just as likely to encounter a vertical wire
as a horizontal wire.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com