At least for the Hi-Z verticals - you can measure a DC voltage when they are active on the antenna against ground. You would not want to short that to ground with a choke!!
By having a voltage there - I think you can assume any static DC charges will be quickly dealt with. Essentially a resistor to ground is already there. Tree N6TR On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 10:30 AM Chuck Dietz <w5prch...@gmail.com> wrote: > The choke bleeds off static charges that accumulate on the vertical. While > I have witnessed noise from huge static charging to a 32 foot vertical > mounted on the roof of the engineering building at Texas Tech in West > Texas, the choke does not bleed off “noise”. Noise is radio frequency > emissions from noise sources which can be local or distant. > > Chuck W5PR > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 12:19 PM Jamie WW3S <w...@zoominternet.net> wrote: > > > Since verticals are know to be "noisy" on receive, and a fix is a rf > choke > > or bleeder resistor to ground, anyone try that on short verticals used > for > > receive only to quiet some noise? > > _________________ > > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > > Reflector > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector