It isn't limited to vertical antennas at all. I once got zapped with a
thick 2 inch long bright blue arc from an 80m Inverted-V that didn't
have any static bleedoff. I used to just short the shack end of the
coax for that purpose, but one time I had forgotten to do that until I
remembered
Static buildup is a problem mostly with vertical antennas. Wind blowing across
the antenna creates static. Measure the end of the coax cable to see if there
is DC connection to ground. Some of the lightening devices have static drain
inductors. I think AC/DC does. Polyphasers do not. Coil “Q”
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