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Re: [TowerTalk] grounding

To: Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] grounding
From: Gary Schafer <garyschafer@comcast.net>
Reply-to: garyschafer@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:34:33 -0400
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Tom Rauch wrote:

> I'll take a isolation type switch with good center conductor
> lightning isolation over a clamp device that allows at least
> a kilovolt back into my radio any day of the week.
> 
> 73 Tom
> 

Hi Tom,

It is all a matter of how much energy the protector lets through. To 
compare energy let through you must look at a pulse on a scope and 
measure the area of the pulse that gets through.
I agree at hf it is harder to keep lightning out than at higher frequencies.

73
Gary  K4FMX


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