Fw: [Hallicrafters] SX-110A question

[Bill Gerhold]

For the life of me I have never, ever seen the sparking across any
connectors connected to any antenna I have ever had.  I know others have
said they have seen this but I have never, even with a full size 160 meter
dipole!  I have even put an NE-2 across a PL-259 lying free during an
approaching lightning storm and nothing.

So, I have tried to no avail therefore, it does not exist.  I know this is
an old wives tale and has been passed down from generation to generation
until it has become a believed phenomenon.

Hi Hi.

K2WH

-----Original Message-----
From: hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Philip Atchley
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 7:32 PM
To: Mark Bell; hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: Fw: [Hallicrafters] SX-110A question

Hi,

It's a "safety drain" thing.

When there is wind, even rain etc large static Voltages can accumulate 
on an antenna. I'm sure many of us have seen an antenna lead that was 
just laying there on the table start "sparking" across to a nearby 
ground or across a coax connector, even in the absence of a "real" 
lightening show.  I know I've heard that little "snap, snap, snap" and 
looked around to see where it was coming from.