Denny wrote:
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

The heated part of the discussion was because of
the assertion that precipitation static does not
exist. One only need do a web search for "precipitation
static" to see that it is an accepted, well known, well
defined physical phenomenon.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com