Is it better to put lightning arresters at the base of the tower or the cable entrance at the shack or both? My coax run will be less than 100 feet from the antenna at the top of a 33 foot tower to m
What is a lightning arrester? Are you referring to installing something on the coax or the rotator/antenna relay control lines? John KK9A Is it better to put lightning arresters at the base of the to
I have heard from many successful contesters that the ONLY place for arresters is at the panel where coax enters the shack. 73, Keith NM5G Is it better to put lightning arresters at the base of the t
The function of arrestors is to protect equipment by shorting the center conductor to the shield. In general, lightning arrestors should be on a panel that is bonded to every ground in your home and
I put the arrestors at the coax feed points into my shack at the home run panel location. And also out at the tower base on the termination of each antenna stack feeder. The reason for that is I want
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<The shields of the coax on the tower are bonded and hit the tower's ground system but the center of each coax is left floating. My thinking is that I prefer that suppressor take a hit and try to dum
I agree with Jeff. I have lightning suppressors on every cable and wire at both ends. I recall reading a paper by the founder of Polyphaser recommending suppressors at both ends if the cable run is m
On 11/10/2017 10:14 AM, David Robbins wrote: At the entrance to the shack you have lightning arresters that take some of that high voltage from the shield and put it on the AC line and coax center co
Joe: I put arresters through the side of a steel Hoffman box at the bottom of my tower. http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/ersmar/media/bWVkaWFJZDoxMzI5NDM0NA==/?r ef=1 I did this because I have a c