Robert. HI. I was going to ask this very question. I recently rerouted all of
my coax and antenna runs thru a different path into my 2nd floor shack. Below
the shack I put in a 8' copper ground rod. I have all 4 coax lines going thru
dx engineering lightning arrestors into that ground rod. It is about 40' away
on the same house side from my main house AC ground.. Should I just run a
10Gauge wire leg from that new rod to the AC rod, thereby making all of them
the same ground structure?
Isnt that called a ground loop? or am i reversed in this thinking.
Terry Leatherland, K5PGF281-455-8090Sugar Land, Tx
On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, 04:29:04 PM CDT, Robert Polinski via BVARC
<[email protected]> wrote:
Allen, you need to bond your ham ground with your AC ground. Robert
From: BVARC <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mark Brantana via BVARC
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2021 3:47 PM
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]>; TDXS Reflector
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Cc: Mark Brantana <[email protected]>; Allen Brier N5XZ <[email protected]>;
Allen Brier <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [BVARC] N5XZ Lightning Strike - Seeking guidance
I have a new 650 watt computer power supply you can have if you want it.
Mark
N5PRD
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On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, 3:42 PM, Allen Brier N5XZ via BVARC <[email protected]>
wrote:
As many of you know, I have suffered a direct lightning strike here at my
station on Monday, June 28th about 6:30 am. It was essentially catastrophic for
most of my equipment inside the shack and I am still assessing the damage. I
even have some damage to audio gear in another room. Many other homes in the
neighborhood also suffered damage, one of them so bad that EVERY piece of
electronic equipment in the house was fried. I am still waiting for a power
supply to get my computer back up and running, but thanks to Orville K5VWW, we
have determined that the hard drive is intact.
I am seeking guidance from anyone who has suffered a similar fate. I need to
know:
- How did you deal with the insurance company?
- How did you test equipment to determine the extent of damage?
- Did you employ an electrical engineer to provide statement(s) to the
insurance company to validate damage? (was is require to?) (Any EE's out there
available for this?)
- What was claimed? i.e. did you claim all feedlines, cables, adapters,
switches, etc. in addition to radios even if there is no damage visible?
Any other information which may benefit me in my claim would be appreciated. It
may be a while before I am back on the air again from my QTH.
Allen Brier N5XZ
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