[SixClub] radiation storm in progress

[Eric]

Sounds like you need some type of bleeder resistance across your johnny 
balls to allow the static buildup to discharge to ground.
Eric N7XCF

On 1/23/2012 2:19 PM, donroden at hiwaay.net wrote:
> I'm fighting a static problem on a 330 foot broadcast tower.
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> When the humidity get below 20%, and the wind is blowing, all the
> johnny balls that break up the guy wires arc over and take out $$$
> FETs in the output stage.
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> We estimate close to half million volts required to arc over.
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> Don W4DNR
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> Quoting "qrv at kd4e.com"<qrv at kd4e.com>:
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>> Any cause to think that tall verticals, longwire and long dipoles,
>> may be more-vulnerable to static surges ... and perhaps should be
>> disconnected?
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