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Re: [TowerTalk] Lightnig Arrestors at tower base or house entrance?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lightnig Arrestors at tower base or house entrance?
From: Barry <w2up3@verizon.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:44:06 +0000
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Here's another way:
http://www.iceradioproducts.com/rfcoaxial.html#
Barry W2UP

W5CPT wrote:
> Follow the link below to a picture of a grounding point. Weatherproofing ( a 
> topic unto itself ) by the normal methods will keep the moisture out.
>
> http://www.w4nja.org/100_0490.jpg
>
> Clint - W5CPT
>
>
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Larry DiGioia N8KU 
>   To: Roger (K8RI) ; towertalk@contesting.com 
>   Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 7:33 PM
>   Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lightnig Arrestors at tower base or house entrance?
>
>
>   Could someone please explain how you can ground a coax shield, on a 
>   continuous run down a tower, without letting moisture and humidity get 
>   into it? Thanks!
>
>   Larry N8KU
>
>   Roger (K8RI) wrote:
>   > Glenn Thorne wrote:
>   >   
>   >> I've seen descriptions and pictures of installations where lightning 
> arrestors were installed in a weather proof box at the tower base and others 
> where they are at the house entrance.  Which is better?
>   >>   
>   >>     
>   > My preference is to ground the coax shields at the base of the tower 
>   > (actually I do it at the top and bottom), then use the arrestors at the 
>   > grounded bulkhead where the coax comes in the house.
>   >
>   > Roger (K8RI)
>   >   
>   >> I plan on having the coax shied grounded at the top of the tower, bottom 
> of the tower and at the house entrance.  But where is the best place to put 
> lightning arrestors?  The run from the tower to the house will be about 30 
> ft. and will be buried.  
>   >>
>   >> Thanks,
>   >>
>   >> 73, Glenn/KD0Q
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