[Antennas] Lightning Protectors

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 03:01:00 -0000

Hello Group- interested in your experiences.  Happy turkey day.  Like Harvey
said, good for protecting the house-useless for our equipment.  I work for a
local baby bell in frames.  We use carbon blocks in our protectors. Good for
phones period.  Now, respecting Harvey's opinion, onto the topic of
protecting radios attached to antennas.  I am ghost writing this part - but
am also curious.  The location is 2200' in the foothills of the Sierra
Nevada mountain range in Kailifornia.  As the storms and rain gather from
the Pacific Ocean and go eastward towards the central U.S., they drop most
of their rain and lightning on the west side where by fellow ham is located.
So, he has got this wild idea of something called a 'lightning detector"
that will send a signal to something that will put his antennas to ground in
the event of the approaching lightning storm.  Sounds like Buck Rodgers to
me. I think the hams in the midwest will have something to say about
lighning.   Looking for your experiences/recommendations for him.  Don't get
too much lightning in San Francisco.  Take care and thanks for your help.
73, Dave, NC6P

----- Original Message -----
From: Harvey&Bessie <[email protected]>
To: Jim Isbell <[email protected]>; ANTENNAS (to post)
<[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 03:53
Subject: Re: [Antennas] Lightning Protectors

> Yep! Lightning arrestors are of value in protecting the house from
catching fire, but as
> protection for the delicate electronic equipment (especially now since we
have all
> solid-state equipment) almost useless.
> Harvey/W4TG
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