Is there any value in the idea to put up some kind of structure, fairly far
away from your antennas, and design it so that it has a better lightning path
to ground than your towers and antennas??? Could it draw lightning strikes away
from your towers and antennas?
Trying to think outside the box...
73, Rich, N6KT
On Thursday, September 5, 2019, 06:43:27 AM PDT, john@kk9a.com
<john@kk9a.com> wrote:
Lightning is very good at finding a path to ground. make it a more
desirable one.
John KK9A
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On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 9:37 AM Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck@gmail.com> wrote:
I had everything disconnected but the ground and a clock on top of an amp.
Lightning surge came through the power lines, through the clock and in to
the amp on its way to ground.
Now I disconnect the ground.
Chuck W5PR
On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 8:01 AM <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
What ground??? Do you use a seperate ground going from your radio
chassis to a ground rod? I have my equipment bonded together but no RF
ground and no RFI issues.
John?? KK9A/4
K9MA wrote:
My theory has always been that, with the station equipment well bonded
together, it is safe to leave the ground connected, as long as
EVERYTHING else is disconnected. That leaves no path for current to flow
through anything. I can disconnect the transmitting antennas with one
coax, all the control cables and rx antennas with another big connector,
and power with one 120 and one 240 V plug. That just leaves the ethernet
cable, which I try not to forget.
In any case, my primary goal is to prevent a fire, and disconnecting the
ground from the equipment probably wouldn't help there. I hope I never
have to test that theory.
73,
Scott K9MA
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