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Very bad practice. The separate ground rods should be BONDED together, preferably with wide copper strap. Your installation provides plenty of area for voltage differences. Someone also said they used

I replied directly to Chuck originally, in keeping with prior my off-list recommendation, but it should have been to the group I think. Since I replied via the web form, I don't have the original

Steve: I see what you're saying about the potential being uniform (it all comes up to the same potential), but the current would be mostly common-mode. A direct strike would generate mostly

My ground is setup where all the gear goes to a grounding strip to a single 8 foot ground round, and then the antenna is grounded to a separate 8 foot ground rod (via) a lightning arrester Brian

OK Got it Steve and thanks for being so kind as to answer my questions. bb KC1AKV

Bob, My comments are embedded below. In the past, this group's moderator has suggested that long threads not directly related to the IC-7000, be taken off list or pursued on a more appropriate

My shack in Maine is a wood outbuilding and the inside fuse box is about 10 feet from my equipment. Just on the other side ?of the wall is the outside meter and there is a heavy braided wire buried

Chuck, I disagree that most of the lightning energy flows down the outside of the coax shield. If a dipole antenna is in the discharge field of a flash, both elements will receive similar coupled

For my shorting plugs I use 2" x 0.06" copper strap with SO-239 chassis receptacles mounted on it. Drill a hole just large enough for the center pin on the back and also for the mounting ears. Screw

Is there a way to make or build a grounding system to attach the antennas into when leaving the rig(s) in lightning season? Like, make a ground wire with SO-239's and banana type plugs, and plug all

I live in a low density hit area in central Maine during the summer and I am surprised that it is low according to the chart posted above. My area is a lightning belt and we have some wicked and

Clete: Yep, textbook examples of letting what energy gets to your radio result in current through it. Not so strange about the damage from the AH-4 control line. Need to treat that just as you would

de WB2CPN Been in USAF communications and Ham Radio since 1946, and some were large antenna farms. Rule, (and exceptions): Everything coming into the house should have an easy way to be disconnected

All: Jon did a good job listing individual items related to lightning protection for a station. I think what's missing here though is a philosophy and strategy. I see the philosophy as "Dissipate

Thank You Steve, I appreciate the information. Local hams here are suggesting I get rid of my coax section and run the window line all the way to the tuner (for performance not for protection). Is

Jon, The problem with unplugging everything is after a while, you tend to forget. Unplugging the coax from the tuner protects the radio, at the expense of the house, since even a nearby flash can

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Okay, Help. One antenna 80 meter dipole at 35’ hung from the trees. Ladder line to the entry point on the house. 1:1 Balun and 10’ of coax to the tuner. When not in use, I unplug my UPS devices

Okay, Help. One antenna 80 meter dipole at 35' hung from the trees. Ladder line to the entry point on the house. 1:1 Balun and 10' of coax to the tuner. When not in use, I unplug my UPS devices from

Keep in mind also that all the coax surge suppression in the world won't protect you from a surge on your power distribution.? Mark Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone