Static charge on the antenna.Even your AT-1011, the 32-ft whip antenna A whip antenna is the most common example of a monopole antenna, an antenna with a single driven element and a ground plane. The whip antenna is a stiff but flexible wire mounted, usually vertically, with one end adjacent to a ground plane. used with the AN/PRC-150 family of radios, is subject to laws. One of those is Coulomb's Law Coulomb's law (k  `lŏmz), in physics, law stating that the electrostatic force between two charged bodies is proportional to the product of the amount of charge on the bodies divided by , "The force between two charges is equal to the product of the two charges divided by the square of the distance between them." What that means in English (and soldier) is a static charge can accumulate on your antenna when sand blows across it or before a rain or electrical storm electrical storm Cardiology A cardiac event defined as multiple recurrent episodes of ventricular fibrillation, or hemodynamically destabilizing ventricular tachycardia, with a very poor prognosis; ES is most common in older men with CAD, often in a background of . That charge makes a high voltage The term high voltage characterizes electrical circuits, in which the voltage used is the cause of particular safety concerns and insulation requirements. High voltage is used in electrical power distribution, in cathode ray tubes, to generate X-rays and particle beams, to electrostatic field that when discharged can fry the circuits in the RF-382 antenna coupler Refers to a myriad of different types of sockets for plugging in electric or electronic cables or devices. See network coupler. . Since the radio is procured commercially, the manufacturer is sending a bleeder resistor kit to slowly discharge any surface charge build-up on the antenna. If you can, shut down the radio and take down the antenna. If you must operate, your best option is to switch to the RF-1941 antenna. This is a center-fed wire dipole antenna that gives less surface area for the charge to build on. If you can't switch antennas, shorten the AT-1011 to 8-12 feet to reduce the surface area. The antenna will be less efficient, but will still tune and work. |
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