Don, Yes, you should be concerned for the health of your K1. If you have the KAT1 installed, the wattmeter diodes can be zapped by a charge like that. Use a resistor between the antenna and the counterpoise and if you can find a way to ground the K1 case, that would be good too. It does not need to be a wonderful ground, but even a 1 foot rod into the earth will help bleed off the static charge.
The charge is most likely coming from "wind static" - there does not have to be much breeze to create it. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/17/2012 11:49 PM, Don Baucom wrote: > Im operating portable from Taos, NM. I am using a K1 on the front porch. the > antenna is a long wire about 80ft drapped over the roof connecred to binding > post on the bact of the k1. The negavtive post has a 6 foot wire connected > to it. The K1 will tune it to 1.5 swr. The issue is almost everytime I touch > the case, I get a static spark. This seems worrisome. Should I be worried?. > If so, what should I do? Taos is at 7000 feet with virtually no humidty. > > 73 > Don > K4YND > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/k1-static-charge-tp7557763.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
