Chuck ..... Like you, I have never had to disconnect any radios in the past from the antenna - except during severe thunder storms. About a year ago when the SWR SMT diodes went bad in my K3, I admitted to K3 support that I did not remove the coax from the back of the K3 but I grounded the Six Pak switch connections out in the garage. They were adamant that the diodes went bad because of something like "residual static build-up" and they would supply the replacement diodes, but not replace them under warranty. I struggled with the replacement (I hate SMT, but that's my problem). I now remove the K3's coax where it comes in the house before I leave the shack .... even though the rating of the original diodes was increased to (I think) 70VDC. It's better to be safe than sorry! 73 Hank K8DD -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/OT-Grounding-Antenna-when-not-in-use-tp4765766p4766679.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
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