Question:
By grounding your antenna do you make it more attractive to a lightning
strike?
73, Lou KE1F
On 1/23/2021 7:53 AM, Lyn Norstad wrote:
We had a direct strike a few years back, and the results were interesting. In most cases
a gap of an inch or less vs. a direct connection made a huge difference. The lightning
took the easiest path to ground every time. But that's the key ... you can't just
"open" the line, it needs to be switched to a ground connection. Not even the
quality of ground you need for RFI, noise, etc ... just a decent ground.
73
Lyn, W0LEN
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Simmons
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2021 6:01 PM
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Automatic lightning protection for radios
Let's think about this. The difference of potential between cloud and
ground supports an arc of hundreds of feet. You are suggesting putting a
switch in line with a wire that connects to the radio to 'protect' it.
Won't the lightning just jump the open switch contacts?
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