I'm just thankful that even though I'm short of a PHD, I've
never had the slightest bit of damage over 30 years of hamin.
Now watch the throttling I'm gonna get for daring to say that :)
On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:17:30 +0000, "Dave Heil" <k8mn@earthlink.net>
said:
> Some of the misinformation on this topic comes straight from Paul at
> Ten-Tec. After I had lightning damage and discussed the matter with a
> local ham who is an electric company employee, I broached the subject
> with Paul. While not argumentative, he was insistent that radio station
> grounds and power company grounds should never be tied together.
>
> It was quite obvious from the damage done here three years back, that
> lightning hit the power lines and entered my home via that means. The
> shack ground was not tied to the house's power ground. It was obvious
> that the difference in potentials between the two grounds caused most of
> the damage. Despite Paul's view, the two are now tied together with #00
> wire.
>
> Paul has the opinion that not only should the two grounds not be tied
> together, the radio equipment should be disconnected from *everything*
> when not in use. While I disconnect antennas, I'm not disconnecting my
> transceiver from power and all other equipment each time I'm finished
> using it. It simply isn't practical.
>
> Dave Heil K8MN
>
> Mike Gorniak wrote:
> > Agreed! For the life of me, I will Never understand why there is so much
> > debate in the Ham Radio Community regarding this issue. In the
> > Professional World, there is no debate at all. We look very foolish to
> > outsiders when we incessantly and incorrectly pontificate about matters
> > that have already been settled from an engineering perspective. The NEC
> > requires all grounds to be bonded. Just do it. You'll be a lot safer. As
> > AA4NU suggests, Polyphasor is a good resource. Here's another:
> >
> > http://www.nautel.com/Resources/Docs/Whitepapers/lightningprotection.pdf
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