On 11 Feb 2006 12:22:41 -0800, "junius" wrote:

Thanks for the expanded explanation, Telamon!

So basically, then, one is fine doing shortwave listening during a snow
storm, provided that one is not using an outdoor antenna that is
exposed to the falling snow (or alternatively -as per David's post- if
one has an outdoor antenna which employs an unbalanced transformer and
the low side is grounded).

All antennas should have a path to DC ground. This is my religion,
being a former broadcast engineer on the Gulf Coast. Lots of ground,
lots of MOVs, equals less sleep interrupted by thunderstorms.