Can't you install a static drain resistor to keep that voltage from building up so high?
73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Tue, Sep 24, 2019, 2:09 PM Lee STRAHAN <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Guys, > Assuming your verticals have a very good insulator there is NOTHING to > stop that input capacitor from charging to very high like kilovolt static > voltage levels. What I don’t understand is why leakage in that capacitor > would cause any trouble or differences if it were not even there. All that > would happen is the vertical would assume about 5 volts DC on the elements. > This problem rearing its head would indicate the vertical insulators or > something in that path must be compromised as well. Or is the 8055 possibly > going in to oscillation with a leaky connection to the element. > Something does not add up here.??? What is the clue that tells you the > capacitor has failed. Lack of performance/directivity or noise. Noise might > indicate oscillation. > Lee K7TJR > Hi-Z Antennas > ... > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
