It is just that I am reading that even mobile the static energy
is capable of building up to the point that it is capable of
harming the front end of a rig. Considering the cost of a modern
rig for HF or VHF/UHF may it not become a "better safe than sorry"
equation or will such devices not really function properly in a
vehicle?
I also wonder about mobile/portable where the rig is in the
parked vehicle but the antenna is a dipole, V, or other
external ground-pole mounted antenna cabled back to the
vehicle.
K4SAV wrote:
> You definitely need surge protection on your home antennas, not
> necessarily for precipitation static, but for lightning strikes. It is
> probably an overkill for mobile antennas. I base that conclusion from
> having spent many years operating in central Florida, which included
> several close lightning strikes, and I have never suffered any damage to
> my mobile gear. Although, I suspect with a direct hit everything would
> be toast.
>
> Jerry
>
> doc wrote:
>
>
>>Given this discussion I have a question of application, if I may?
>>
>>Does the presence of this static, often capable of gathering to
>>a significant potential, suggest that we need surge protection
>>on both base and mobile gear?
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