I once ran a 14m vertical antenna with no top load and a huge base 
loading coil. Whilst beaconing I could hear a Morse hissing noise in 
the garden. Looking closer I found that the volts around the antenna 
were so great that the leaves and grass were moving whenever the Tx 
keyed!

The antenna was soon dismantled.

Mike, G3XDV
http://lf.apersonalguide.co.uk
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> I wonder how many here have similar oddities to share....