Fred Jensen wrote: > Sorry Nick, "Teeny" and "lightning" in the same sentence is > oxymoronic. [...] > Disconnect your K2. Disconnect all your gear. Unplug it from the > surge
Perhaps you misunderstand me, or perhaps I wasn't making myself clear. I have my KAT100 switched to a dummy load by default and my antennas on ANT2 are disconnected by the relays when there's no power... ... BUT I'm not going to pretend that this is going to protect me from a direct strike, or even something nearby, probably not even something in my village. I nearly ALWAYS remember to completely unplug my antennas when not using the rig, but IF, just IF I forget to, and a thunderstorm passes, I suspect that having my antennas the other side of a relay gap is still considerably better than having sensitive front-ends directly connected. I'm not pretending it's adequate lightning protection, but it's got to buy me a few more miles of safety margin just IF I forgot to disconnect my K2. pa3gyu wrote: > I ended up using a 50 ohm 'terminator' on 'Ant2'. It looks like a BNC > connector and has a small chain that you can screw down so you can't > loose it. In the old days these were used to terminate 50 ohm > Ethernet networks. I'm not sure about the power they are supposed to > be able to handle Usually about half a watt. > but this particular one has survived many of my > attempts to tune 'Ant2' .... You're quite lucky, but I guess auto "TUNE" never lasts longer than a second or two at about 2W, so you'll tend to get away with it. Like my "slight lightning protection", it's not a real solution, but bound to be better than "none at all" :-) -- "Nosey" Nick Waterman, G7RZQ, K2 #5209. use Std::Disclaimer; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Many a man's tongue broke his nose. -Seumas MacManus _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
