<< Based on that I decided never ever to leave a coax connected to a 'floating' wire antenna in the shack. The arcs probably won't hurt anyone, but they could start a fire. >> They certainly could do
All the discussions about static build up remind me of something that happened abt. 20 years ago when I was quite active in HF contesting : We were putting up some antennas at the club station to run
Hi all, Tom mentioned damage to the diodes in his SWR bridge, the possible damage to the RX front end doesnt bear thinking about. On this front I recently found a source of the small wire-ended neons