[Boatanchors] How much is too much?

[David Stinson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn Little WB4UIV" <glennmaillist at bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] How much is too much?


> In Desert Storm the troops blew up the Harris solid state receivers 
> right and left from sand static.
> The blowing sand charged the antenna past the point the front end 
> could survive.

This surprises me.  After a zillion "Rube Goldberg" tries at solving the
"static build-up on the antenna" problem, it was solved during the
early part of WWII.  It's the famous "M-1" mod you see everywhere:
a simple 1-MegaOhm resistor from the base of the antenna to ground.
No effect on the RF, but it drains the static voltage away.
Why isn't so simple a fix still in use?