Hi, We get hellacious thunderstorms here, I have all antenna cables going to a bulkhead on the exterior wall, which disconnect at that point. During thunderstorm season the cables are ALWAYS kept disconnected unless operating. I made pl/bnc connectors with dead shorts that I leave on the bulkhead connectors. All desk equipment is tied to a common length of 1" copper pipe along back of desk via 1/2" braids. If a bad storm comes thru I unplug the 2 tripplite powerstrips feeding the equipment.
Question: wouldn't it make sense to make the 1" braid from the copper pipe on desk to the outside ground rod also detachable? I was thinking one of those plug/receptacles used for the arc wires of large welders. It should handle more current than the braid would tolerate. My thinking is that if "the big one" directly hits the outside antenna it would be a short trip from the outside ground rod to the inside common ground bar... Steve AD0ES On Apr 16, 2014, at 8:59 PM, [email protected] wrote: > If you add ground rods, know that all ground rods should be tied back to > the Utility ground rod by a large conductor (#6 wire is the minimum > size). That is not only a requirement of NEC safety rules, but also a > safety consideration for your station. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
