Mike Coslo wrote:
Some have suggested that Cecil's statements are invalid because he
hasn't done the experiments - not so. His view represents the
mainstream. The debunkers have the burden of proof.

Yep, here's a quote from the mainstream:

http://www.esda.org/basics/part1.cfm

"Virtually all materials, including water and dirt particles
in the air, can be triboelectrically charged."

Given charged dirt (dust) particles encountering a bare-wire
dipole, all the rest is simple physics.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp