I had used a "loop skywire" for 80 and up. The solution to drain static (and more) was found in RadCom's Technical topics many years ago : I permanently grounded the point opposite to the feed one, where there is 0 volt. No change for the link coupler. Modelling with Eznec confirmed that the ground wire radiation is very low. BTW it led to another use : For top band DX, the open wire line was shorted and the antenna worked as a "top loaded-top fed" vertical. Eznec showed that the antenna worked as well as a far higher vertical. 72 to all and season's greetings de F5LCI 100% CW QRP
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