Had a pretty good lightening storm here this evening and decided to disconnect my coax cables after I heard that familiar ticking sound that told me there was static charge buildup on the coax. And a
On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 22:14:42 -0600 "Noel" <yaesurig@msn.com> wrote: Had a pretty good lightening storm here this evening and decided to disconnect my coax cables after I heard that familiar ticking s
Here's a web site to consider, when it comes to disconnecting coaxial cables from equipment: http://www.polyphaser.com/ppc_PEN1016.asp The quote pertaining, is toward the bottom/middle of the page, a
If you have a Polyphaser installed at the bulkhead entrance to the shack, the chance of this happening is extremely small. With the arrestor in place we are talking hundreds or thousands of volts rat
Anyone familiar with the Yaesu G-450XL rotator and might know what is the best place on the box to connect to my single point ground? The manual doesn't seem to mention grounding it or the cable. Tha
Just a point of interest here and I've only seen it once. All coax comes into the house through underground PVC conduit. The coax is grounded to the tower and to the bulkhead for the Polyphasers. The
I logged into www.yaesu.com and asked tech. I will post the response on TT. Keith NM5g Anyone familiar with the Yaesu G-450XL rotator and might know what is the best place on the box to connect to my
Thanks to everyone who has responded to my query about grounding my control cable/rotator control unit. But at the risk of sounding unappreciative of all the good advice I've gotten here on Towertalk
As a contributor, and being a least one of the guys who mentions Polyphaser from time-to-time, please know that I do NOT use their products - I use ICE products instead. The Polyphaser web site is si
How do you expect to get any advice if people cannot give you the description and suggested source of the sought for device(s). I am quite sure that you cannot easily manufacture the required groundi
I feel it necessary to mention my dislike with what seems like constant pushing of one device or another when someone asks for information. In my mind, for us hams, there is only Polyphaser and ICE (
Noel, Like it or not, this device does exactly what you have indicated... I do NOT recommend products because I have a personal or business interest in any given company... I recommend a product beca
Carl, You may be surprised to know that there have been numerous replies suggesting different methods without pushing one product or another. There's a big difference between hams sharing know-how an
Noel, I respectfully disagree. If someone asks about how to rotate a particular antenna, don't you think it would be appropriate, and, in fact, expected that people might share their experience with
those little Radio Shack under Noel, 99% of the problem with lightning protection is how things are laid out and implemented. That especially includes the guts of those little boxes. I've seen quite
Good luck Noel using your 'good old American know how' building a miniature, 8-pair cable, grounding block. If it is that easy why ask the question? Please share your results with us all. Also, why d
Well, finally got response from Yaesu (just now). Here was the question posed: -- -- The following inquiry was made from www.yaesu.com on 9-13-04 at 9:04am: I have lost the connectors for my G-1000DX