A previous post suggested a spark plug on each terminal the ladder line
connected to.
So the resister would go from each terminal and tie the other end to a ground
rod ?
I run 250' center feed 450 ladder line down to a 4:1 balun.
73-
W1JCW
John
From: Jim Lux
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 5:59 PM
To: K2VI
Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] zapped with my dipole. OUCH!
A 1meg resistor to ground?
On May 14, 2011, at 13:29, "K2VI" <k2vi@cox.net> wrote:
> It seems every time there's distant lightning and i go to disconnect the
> dipole i get this nasty discharge when i touch the pl-259. Im concerned it
> will eventually damage my tuner and or radio. The antenna is not dc grounded
> like my beam or vertical are. It is a ladder line fed antenna terminating
> into a 4:1 balun outside the shack and a 3' run of rg8 coax to the tuner. How
> can i bleed this static off? I heard from a ham friend the jump a 2.5 MH RF
> choke between the two terminals of the 4:1 balun where the ladder line
> connects.Any advice would be greatly apreciated.73
> tony k2vi
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