[CVRC] Lightening arrestors on 2m white sticks??

[Dale]

Jim,

I have all my antennas going through an MFJ-270 surge protector. It
claims to be able to handle "up to 5000 amps" of surge current. I
haven't tested that claim.

All protectors are at a single point ground system outside the shack. I
also use an antenna switch for the HF antennas that grounds the antenna
when they are not selected. This should prevent any static build-up on
the antennas.

And that's about all I know about that.

Dale

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Flanagan" <dick at twohams.com>
To: "James Washer" <washer at trlp.com>
Cc: <cvrc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [CVRC] Lightening arrestors on 2m white sticks??


 > At 09:48 AM 7/17/2004, James Washer wrote:
 >  >
 >  >Looking for comments on whether or not hams in the area bother to
use
 >  >lightening arrestors on 2m white sticks mounted at roof-top level.
 >
 > Hi, Jim.
 >
 > All of my VHF/UHF vertical antennas are mounted on well-grounded
towers
 > next to the house.  If you are just going to run coax down from an
 > un-grounded antenna, I would run the coax straight down to the ground
where
 > I would ensure the braid was bonded to a good earth ground before I
made
 > the right turn into the house.
 >
 > 73, Dick
 > --
 > Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
 > E-mail: k7vc at arrl.org
 >
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