Cecil Moore wrote:
chuck wrote:
It is not certain that there will be a "discharge" (i.e., a change
from a charged state to a neutral one) at all. Make sense? ;-)

I may be using the wrong word. By "discharge", I
didn't mean to imply that it would go to a neutral
state, just that a concentrated charge deposited
at a point on a conductor will be redistributed
over the entire conductor.

I do wonder whether alternatively the noise is not arcing or coronal
discharges caused by the buildup of these high potentials on an antenna.
An insulated antenna would resist charging and if charged, would have
less opportunity to discharge by arcing. The arcing could actually occur
in the receiver.

I have noticed that the precipitation static I sometimes hear sounds
very much like sand/dirt particles striking a glass window in a blow.
Data consistent with either hypothesis, I guess.

Chuck

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