Jim Kelley wrote:
Hi Cecil -
Just a small bit of elaboration on your point - the arc is the result of
the accumulation of a sufficient amount of charge to facilitate an
electrical discharge in air. Static is heard in the receiver as the
charge is being acquired, but an AGC limited pop would be heard when an
arc occurs. (And sometimes nothing at all after the latter :-)



Has anybody experienced this first hand? I was driving during a storm
listening to talk radio and could distinctly hear a static rush build up
from the radio 1 to 2 seconds before a lighting strike. The louder it
was, the closer the strike was going to be.

A little off topic. I know this was not antenna static build up, but
found it interesting that you could listen to a charge building before a
discharge.

Chris KC8FRJ