After doing some online research myself into this topic recently, I am in the process of providing some protection for my Amateur Radio station. I don't have the proper tools at home, so I am having a stainless steel panel made that will attach to a steel window frame, replacing the bottom glass pane. Polyphaser units mounted to the panel will be used in place of coax feedthroughs. The panel will be connected to a ground rod via copper sheet. I know that I should have multiple ground rods spread over an area, but I'm in an apartment. The ground rod will go into a flower bed outside the window, so the ground conductivity should be better than normal for here.
Note the use of stainless steel for the panel. This avoids corrosion due to dissimilar metals. I'll be using all stainless steel hardware, also. When the radios aren't being used, the inside coax cables will be disconnected from the panel. I also plan on making some shunt connectors to plug into the panel when the inside coax is disconnected. This will ground out the antennas when not in use. This isn't feasable with a GPS setup, but a GPS antenna isn't as much of a lightning magnet as the typical HF antenna is. This configuration isn't perfect, but It is the best I can manage at this time. It is much more protection than many Hams have. In fact, more than one local Ham has lost equipment in the past few months. And yes, I'm in NM, where they study lightning. Joe Gray KA5ZEC _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
