[Antennas] Automatic electronic antenna tuners

[Jack Painter]

From: "Glenn Wiebe" <gswiebe at mb.sympatico.ca>
> Either used at the antenna or in the shack it would seem to me that these
units
> would quite vulnerable to nearby lightning strikes with all the
electronics in
> them. An example is the SGC series and there are others. What has been
your
> experience?
>
> 73 de Glenn...VE4GN

Glenn, connected upstream of an I.C.E. coax lightning arrestor, and bonded
to the station ground, my MFJ-994 ATU doesn't mind a half dozen strikes
within 100' (so far). Not sure how it would have faired up there at the
feedpoint. So I wouldn't say it's any more vulnerable than other equipment
in the station, and given the proper bonding and surge protection, that's
manageable risk.

Jack Painter
Virginia Beach VA
http://members.cox.net/pc-usa/station/grounding.htm