That is CORRECT ! Although... HE DOES NOW !!
His story came up during a similar conversation on a short wave radio
discussion group, and similar to the original inquiry on this thread,
his listening post is located on the second floor, and he was asking how
to protect it from lightning, without his ground wire becoming an
ersatz, unintended antenna.
I am lucky my shack is on the lowest floor and the ground (i.e. dirt) is
located immediately outside the wall behind the equipment, so it is only
a couple of feet from the buss bar to the ground stake. I am confident
that helps keep stray RF out of the shack, and assure an effective
safety ground.
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On 5/18/2012 7:14 AM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:
Yes, but as described, your friend didn't seem to have lightning protection
OUTSIDE on his antenna . Very bad mistake.
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