Bob, do you have ground rods for lightning? The stub should be ok for static discharge but not for near or direct strikes.
Dave WX7G On Jul 29, 2012 7:04 PM, "Bob Kupps" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi in this thread I mentioned using a 1/4 wave shorted stub at the feed > points of our 4 square for static drain. Since we want to farm the paddy > land we will use a non-resonant counterpoise of 48 radials connected to a > perimeter wire about 1.5m above the flooded ground. The only galvanic > connection to earth would be back through the RG6 feed line to the center > control box. So would adding an RF choke to the earth ground at the element > base be a good idea in this case? Does anyone have any experience with the > behavior of elevated radials in a lightning strike? > > 73 Bob HS0ZIA > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
