‰ NOW 15 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM DECEMBER 2005 QST PAGES 42, 43 AND 99 ‰ ADVANTAGE IN TERMS OF SIGNAL TO INTERFERENCE RATIO OR SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO FOR THUNDERSTORM STATIC CRASHES FOR EITHER HEIGHT. THIS IS BECAUSE THE SHAPE OF ALL THE RESPONSE CURVES IN FIGURE 7 BELOW 20 FEET ESSENTIALLY TRACK EACH OTHER IN PARALLEL. THE LOWER THE ANTENNA, HOWEVER, THE LOWER THE TRANSMITTED SIGNAL STRENGTH. PHYSICS REMAINS PHYSICS. LOW ANTENNAS AND LOCAL POWERLINE NOISE SOME ADVOCATES OF REALLY LOW ANTENNAS HAVE STATED ‰ FROM PAGE 99 ‰ 5 1 5,390 NTX WA8VNE 468 5 1 4,830 MI W3TS 403 5 1 4,330 EPA K7IA 336 5 1 ‰ END OF 15 WPM TEXT ‚