>.........
> >? and then there is the matter of dealing with lightning discharges
> in
> >the neighborhood. I had a 5000v doorknob capacitor short from a
> >lightning discharge that was over 1000m from my 160m antenna.
>
>There's one of the best arguments going for tube amplifiers and a suitable
>relay which is energised for receive. The lightning induced EMP has to be a
>lot bigger to blast a tube even as small as 6146 rather than a solid state
>rx front end. I lost the front end of my FT102 with lightning EMP in the
>first year after I got it; with the antenna relay in the amp arranged
>'energise to receive', it's lasted years. I'd be interested in knowing if
>these new solid state amps provide switching to isolate the antenna when the
>equipment is switched off. If not, then how do they get on with mid West
>summer thunderstorms?
>
? Some throw the feedline out the window.
>........
Rich...
R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures
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