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All of this will not solve the problem. The problem is the antenna design. There is no DC path to ground with the Wilson 2000. It is a series fed center loaded design that is not DC grounded. The radio should have a coil from the output jack to ground somewhere possibly as part of the harmonic filter that would bleed off static build up.

True story. I was installing a new AM site with a single series fed 160 foot tower. The tower was up and I was working on the ground system. It was early December and the air was cold and dry and windy. I stood up and leaned against the tower and WHAM!! The next thing I knew I was picking myself up off the ground. The tower had built up a tremendous static charge sitting there on a big ceramic base insulator. I took the static drain choke out and promptly jury rigged it up after using the jumper cables from fhe truck to ground the tower to the ground system I was installing at the time. Once was enough for me. The principles are the same. Series fed with no DC ground path.

<blockquote data-quote="Captain Kilowatt" data-source="post: 451589" data-attributes="member: 39">All of this will not solve the problem. The problem is the antenna design. There is no DC path to ground with the Wilson 2000. It is a series fed center loaded design that is not DC grounded. The radio should have a coil from the output jack to ground somewhere possibly&nbsp; as part of the harmonic filter that would bleed off static build up.True story. I was installing a new AM site with a single series fed 160 foot tower. The tower was up and I was working on the ground system. It was early December and the air was cold and dry and windy. I stood up and leaned against the tower and WHAM!! The next thing I knew I was picking myself up off the ground. The tower had built up a tremendous static charge sitting there on a big ceramic base insulator. I took the static drain choke out and promptly jury rigged it up after using the jumper cables from fhe truck to ground the tower to the ground system I was installing at the time. Once was enough for me. The principles are the same. Series fed with no DC ground path.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Captain Kilowatt, post: 451589, member: 39"] All of this will not solve the problem. The problem is the antenna design. There is no DC path to ground with the Wilson 2000. It is a series fed center loaded design that is not DC grounded. The radio should have a coil from the output jack to ground somewhere possibly as part of the harmonic filter that would bleed off static build up. True story. I was installing a new AM site with a single series fed 160 foot tower. The tower was up and I was working on the ground system. It was early December and the air was cold and dry and windy. I stood up and leaned against the tower and WHAM!! The next thing I knew I was picking myself up off the ground. The tower had built up a tremendous static charge sitting there on a big ceramic base insulator. I took the static drain choke out and promptly jury rigged it up after using the jumper cables from fhe truck to ground the tower to the ground system I was installing at the time. Once was enough for me. The principles are the same. Series fed with no DC ground path. [/QUOTE]

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