Show STATIC V HEAVY IN SAHARA especially violent Vl Vit ilent lent during storms bu duo to friction between grain of sand american radio tana who complain comp lila occasionally at noisy static should thank their stars that they are not la in the sahara desert static there is if very violent during sandstorms sand storms otma the friction of the grains of sand one upon another generating strong currents says raoul lioba of algiers writing la in the wireless age in addition to the mathematical proof one also has visible evidence of this annd sand electricity and times also very painful physical proof when the blows tile the antenna lost collector of electricity becomes highly charged under high winds and unless one takes care to round around it and disconnect the receiving instruments the latter fatter are quickly put out of aenice sen ice by the repeated dl dla charge charee of strong sparks these jump between the plates of the condensers from binding post to binding post from knob to knob and indeed across any and all points ol lottering ottering ott ering the slightest path for or the current the operator if he stays at his post and ts Is not insulated from the ground will receive strong el rons shocks the effect of the static discharges from roin the antenna if not physiologically dangerous dans crous or grave la none the less very painful |