I have a home-built interface box outside the shack with each entry
protected by an ICE ground block and copper paste AND also an
I.C.E./Morgan L/C/GD tube combination on each coax mounted on a copper
ground sheet. Had a bolt strike a tree 35 feet away, killed the tree but
didn't affect any piece of equipment.. Lightning must have known I had
insurance. Each antenna has 3- 8' copper rods at the base where it
enters conduit underground. When tower goes up it will have each leg
with it's own rod and a ring tie-in. Os course the rotor will have the
surge protector as well, but the advice of another at the top is a great
if expensive idea. My shack also has a 3-rod ground right outside the
wall-3' long. Knock on wood!!
I.C.E/Morgan says they've never had a failure claim yet-must work really
good! They cost enough! Earl N4XK
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