I agree on safety issues with the tuned counterpoise as I prefer to call it. They are useful to remove RF from the rig metal cabinet. But, they need to be adjusted for each band in use, they need to
Stuart et al I fully agree and only add one suggestion. When not using the station, disconnect all antennas and unplug the station. I have mine on two nice multi plug boxes I made up using a quantity
Yes... all that and ... Connect all loose antenna feed lines to a ground buss bonded to the rest of the station grounding system. Energy can arc from the ends of the cables to people or equipment in
Yes, but as described, your friend didn't seem to have lightning protection OUTSIDE on his antenna . Very bad mistake. 73 Bob, K4TAX _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing lis
Great idea on plug box, Bob! Thanks for mentioning --unplug for most safety. 73, Stuart Rohre K5KVH _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://li
That is CORRECT ! Although... HE DOES NOW !! His story came up during a similar conversation on a short wave radio discussion group, and similar to the original inquiry on this thread, his listening
Thanks Stuart. I choose to build my own using the 4" square utility boxes fitted with good quality 20A receptacles, finally ending up with a piece of #12 SJ cable and cap to plug-in. Many of the pre-
All my ground loop problems went away after Bob, K4TAX, and Jim Brown, K9yc, talked about this same thing on another reflector a couple of years ago. It now seems so blamed obvious... like smacking y