Date sent: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 15:36:31 -0500
To: amps@contesting.com
From: Chuck Counselman <ccc@space.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [AMPS] Spark-plug gaps
>
> Although I suspect it's beyond the capability of anything I could do, I'm
> open to suggestion. What should I use for lightning protection on my
> open-wire line?
>
> -Chuck W1HIS
Disconnect it outside the house, and have a gap some distance
from the house a half inch wide or so.
I do this by nailing grounded copper flashing to a post. I bring the
ladder line over an insulator on that post and form the flashing in a
gap just below the line.
I can disconnect the line and let it lay loose on the house side of
that post.
73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com
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