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Re: [TowerTalk] DC Pass Lightining Arrestors

To: "Clint Talmadge" <unclebudd@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] DC Pass Lightining Arrestors
From: "Randy Lake" <randyn1kwf@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 15:15:03 -0400
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
I.C.E has a model 303(DC) that will pass DC....I have one in my hand as I
write...hope this helps
73, Randy N1KWF

On 7/3/07, Clint Talmadge <unclebudd@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Phil and others,
>
> Close but no cigar. ICE has a DC insertion option, which allows inserting
> a Voltage at the Arrestor for powering mast mounted preamps and such but the
> unit itself will not pass DC from the Radio connector to the Antenna
> connector.
>
> I think I am resolved to use something similar to the new Alpha Delta
> units, which while they are inferior in suppressing the effects of
> lightning, will allow me to continue to use the RCS-4. I will continue to
> disconnect everything when I leave the shack, even for a short time. I am
> "sort of" used to it as I have been doing it since I lived in Texas and saw
> many Hams lose most or all of their equipment to nearby lightning strikes.
> Living in the Heartland with it's pop-up thunder storms makes me leery.  I
> am sure at some point I will need a better (read that - more antenna ports)
> remote switch and at that time I will upgrade the whole system.
>
> Clint - W5CPT
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Phil Camera
>   To: towertalk@contesting.com
>   Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 10:56 AM
>   Subject: [TowerTalk] DC Pass Lightining Arrestors
>
>
>   ICE makes arrestors that will pass DC.
>
>   http://www.iceradioproducts.com/impulse1.html#1
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Randy Lake N1KWF
73 Gunn Rd.
Keene,NH
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