[Boatanchors] How much is too much?

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

Simple, but ONLY if you can obtain an adequate ground in the desert!

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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
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* USAF, Ret (61-81) *
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> From: arc5 at ix.netcom.com
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:50:46 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] How much is too much?
> 
> 
> ----- 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?
> 
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