[ICOM] ESD.

[Mike Olbrisch]

I can confirm it - ARMY here.  A Sky crane (Alabama Guard) when picking up a
5-ton army truck in a cloud of dust on White Sands Missile Range can generate
enough static to knock you off the back of the truck if you don't hook the cable
with the shorting bar first.

Don't ask how I know.....

Mike - KD9KC.
El Paso, Tx.
DM61rt

Molon labe. [mo-lone lah-veh] Google it...

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> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of KD7JYK DM09
> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 7:59 PM
> To: ICOM Reflector
> Subject: [ICOM] ESD.
> 
> 
> : > you Ex-Navy guys can confirm if that much static is built 
> up by the
> : > helicopter rotors.
> 
> Not ex-Navy here, but enough of a charge can be generated in 
> some conditions
> to cause the rotors to glow.
> 
> I have measured nearly 120KV on 11' of wire during a Nevada 
> dust storm and
> numerous times see the noise in my receiver raise from S2 to 
> S7-9 and higher
> when passing through a cloud of dust on the highway.
> 
> Kurt
> 
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