We have both. Wayne
> On May 18, 2020, at 4:39 PM, W2xj <[email protected]> wrote: > > Better to use a choke > > Sent from my iPad > >> On May 18, 2020, at 6:47 PM, Fred Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I believe Elecraft equipment has static drains built in but I always put a >> resistor in a PL-259 plugged into one arm of a coax tee with the antenna on >> the other arm, on the connector on the radio. It doesn't have to be >> precipitating to create "precipitation static" and it won't take long for >> those infinitesimal little charges to fill up the input capacitance on the >> first RF stage. >> >> 73, >> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW >> Sparks NV DM09dn >> Washoe County >> >>> On 5/18/2020 3:08 PM, Clay Autery wrote: >>> LOL!!!! >>> >>> ______________________ >>> Clay Autery, KY5G >>> (318) 518-1389 >>> >>>> On 05/18/20 14:57, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP wrote: >>>> Or you can do what I did with my K3: burn up a static drain resistor on >>>> your antenna entrance panel, decide that the smell is coming from the >>>> K4, take it completely to pieces to try to find the burned >>>> component, and then -- after discovering what actually happened -- put >>>> it all back together again. >>>> >>>> 73, >>>> Victor, 4X6GP >>>> Rehovot, Israel >>>> Formerly K2VCO >>>> CWops no. 5 >>>> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ >>> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]

