Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #30708
From: Paul Nafziger <naf@britevalley.com>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Radio Static
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 15:14:27 -0400
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
After about one half hour of flight, I frequently get static on VHF comm channels.  It usually grows with time until radio reception is marginal.  Strangely, the static isn't a problem in the terminal area at the end of a flight.  My antenna is a dipole, mounted inside the vertical fin.  I suspect that a static charge on the skin may be responsible.  The skin surfaces are not grounded.  Has anyone else had this problem?  If so, how have you solved it?
 
Thanks,
Naf
 
Paul Nafziger
LNC2 N7PN
 
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